Carla P. Gomez

May312021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ferrer can’t run for Bacolod VM

Ferrer and BenitezNegros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said he is not running for vice mayor of Bacolod City.The period for him to register to vote in Bacolod City in order to qualify to run for a post in the city has lapsed, he said.Streamers had earlier surfaced in Bacolod urging him to run for vice mayor along with former Rep. Alfredo Benitez for mayor.In order to comply with the one year residency requirement before the next election he needed to transfer his registration to vote to Bacolod on May 8 this year, Ferrer said.The elections are set on May 9, 2022.*

May312021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Trade Fair sales hit P780K in three days

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The 35th Negros Trade Fair (NTF) sales hit P780,000 on its third day Monday, May 31, MaryAnn Colmenares, Association of Negros Producers vice president for advocacy, said.Of the total sales P720,000 were made online, we are very happy with the public’s response, Michael Claparols, NTF chairman, said.The 35th edition was cancelled in 2020 due to pandemic, but the NTF is back and has gone online starting Saturday, May 29, and will run until to June 30, Colmenares said.One can shop for Negrense products at shopnegrostradefair.com, she said.The response has been very good with everything going online amid the pandemic, she said.Among the products on sale at the ongoing trade fair are organic food, Negrense delicacies, garments, fashion accessories, furniture, décor, and hou...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Dumaguete vice mayor dies after recovering from Covid

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The vice mayor of Dumaguete City, who recently recovered from COVID-19, collapsed during a bike-for-a-cause activity at past 7 a.m. Sunday, May 30, and was pronounced dead at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital about two hours later.Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, 53, who joined a bike-for-a-cause activity of the Army’s 302nd Brigade from Tanjay, suffered severe chest pains in front of St. Paul’s University, Dumaguete Councilor Joe Kenneth Arbas said.He was biking beside Col. Leonardo Peña, 302nd Brigade commander.Cordova was rushed to the NOPH where doctors tried to revive him for two hours, Arbas said.The vice mayor and his whole family had tested positive for COVID-19. He recovered on Tuesday and returned to work on Thursday, Arbas said.The vice mayor, a 1989 gradua...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘CLMMRH Covid beds reach full capacity, cases alarming’

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The CLMMRH COVID-19 Critical Care Unit*The COVID-19 positivity rate is on the rise in Bacolod City, it is very alarming, Dr. Julius Drilon, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) chief, said Sunday, May 30.The dedicated beds for COVID-19 confirmed cases at the wards and Critical Care Unit of CLMMRH in Bacolod City have reached full capacity, he said.The emergency room of the hospital will no longer accept COVID-19 patients except for extreme emergency cases until further notice, he said.COVID-19 patients are advised to avail of services from other hospitals in the province, he said.The hospital will resume acceptance of COVID-19 patients once hospital beds become available, Drilon added.There are also 26 CLMMRH staff who are currently positiv...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Silay mayor marries girlfriend of 16 years

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Silay City Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez married his girlfriend of 16 years at the Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel at Sta. Clara Subdivision in Bacolod City, Wednesday, May 16.Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon officiated the wedding of Golez, 51, to Anna Maria Fe Piccio Azcona, a dialysis nurse who worked in Long Island in New York State, USA.The mayor said he proposed to her on her birthday on a bridge in New York’s Central Park on Aug. 5, 2019.“I chose a bridge without water beneath it so if she rejected me and threw the ring away I could still pick it up,” the mayor joked.They were supposed to get married last year but it was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.His wife retired and came home in November 2020 so they were able to plan their wedding, Golez said.He m...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Culture Hub tour launched, new attractions inaugurated

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Gov. Eugenio Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Provincial Tourism Officer Jennylind Cordero cut the ribbon at the inauguration of the Provincial Tourism Office.* Richard Malihan photosGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said the Culture Hub tour centers on the splendor of the Capitol and Capitol Lagoon Park.*The new ANP showroom and the launching of the 35th Negros Trade Fair.*The Fiesta Negrense Mural*The inauguration of the Negros Occidental Food Terminal Market.*Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson launched the Negros Occidental Culture Hub Circuit Tour and inaugurated five new facilities to boost tourism around the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Saturday, May 29.Inaugurated were the Provincial Tourism Office, Mambukal Resort Office and CafeTolyo at the Capitol Park, the Associa...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros-Iloilo travel to resume June 1

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Travel between Negros Occidental and Iloilo will resume Tuesday, June 1.The Western Visayas Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and the Regional Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in a joint advisory said the temporary suspension of travel from Negros Occidental to Iloilo City and the Dumangas port in Iloilo province will be lifted 12:01 a.m. of June 1, unless otherwise extended by a appropriate authorities.Travelers are advised to observe minimum public health standards and coordinate with their respective Local Government Units for travel requirements prior to their departure, the joint resolution said.Travel between the two provinces was suspended starting May 23 amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Iloilo City.*

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Councilor robbed, beaten up in motel, cops recover vehicle

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A Bago City councilor reported to the police that he was beaten up and robbed by two males inside a motel in Bacolod City on Wednesday, May 26, who then escaped onboard his vehicle.Councilor Cleo Gaudite, 47, reported the incident to the Bacolod Station 2 police Friday morning, May 28.Gaudite said while he was at 18th and Lacson streets in Bacolod City near a gasoline station at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday two males stopped the red Mitsubishi Mirage GLX he was driving and entered it, PCapt. Paul Vincent Pendon, Station 2 chief, said.One of the suspects pointed an icepick at him and made him drive into a motel, Gaudite told the police.Gaudite said the suspects then beat him up and took his pants containing P3,000 and his iPhone 12 Pro Max, and escaped on board his vehicle, Pen...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod has 41 Covid deaths, 1,994 new cases in May: Ang

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Bacolod City has had 1,994 new COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths in May, City Administrator Em Ang said Friday, May 28.The city had 30 COVID-19 deaths in April.That brought the total COVID-19 deaths in Bacolod City to 263 since the start of the pandemic last year, said Ang, who is also Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director.The highest number of COVID-19 cases in Bacolod City in a single month was 2,607 in September 2020, she said.The highest number of deaths in a single month were 50 in August last year, she added.Bacolod City had 84 new COVID-19 cases and Negros Occidental had 68 on Friday, the Department of Health reported.Bacolod City has 1,153 active COVID-19 cases, the DOH added.Negros Occidental has 1,367 active cases. It has had 13,047 recover...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv, 10 other officials get 2nd Sinovac jabs

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (center), Mayor Manuel Escalante of Manapla (left), and Mayor Pedro Zayco of Kabankalan City receive their second Sinovac jabs at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City Friday, May 28.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, five mayors, four board members and a department head received their second Sinovac jabs at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City Friday, May 28, Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, TLJPH officer-in-charge, said.“It went well just like the first. No side effects for now,” Lacson said.The second jabs of two other board members - Manuel Frederick Ko and Araceli Somosa, were deferred.Ko tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and is quarantine at the Mambukal R...