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Aug302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Delta hits 4 in Negros, 9-year-old boy dies

The Philippine Genome Center reported that four Negros Occidental residents have been hit by the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, while three other variants hit 10 more, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Sunday, August 29.The four hit by the Delta variant were a 9-year-old boy from Silay City, a 21-year-old male from La Carlota City who arrived from Ioilo, 79-year-old female from Pulupandan who arrived from Rizal, and 69-year-old female from Valladolid whose whole genome sequencing results were released on Saturday, August 28, he said.The 9-year-old boy died on August 2 and the three others are up for repeat RT-PCR tests, he added.Meanwhile, a Cauayan resident was hit by the Alpha variant and an Ilog resident by the Beta variant, he said.Hit by the P.3 va...

Aug302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod remains under GCQ-HR, Negros Occidental GCQ Sept. 1-7: Roque

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Bacolod City and Negros Oriental will remain under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions (GCQ-HR) from September 1 to 7, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced Saturday, August 28.The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) retained the GCQ status of Negros Occidental, he added.”This latest community quarantine classification shall take effect beginning September 1 until September 7, 2021, pending a change in community quarantine guidelines,” he said.The IATF retained the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status of the National Capital Region, along with Aklan, Iloilo province and Iloilo City in Region 6, he said.Also under MECQ are Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Bulacan and Bataan in Region 3, Cavite, Lucena City, Rizal and Laguna in Region 4-A for Luzo...

Aug302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Delta hits four more in Bacolod; Covid infects 20 family members

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Photo from Em Ang FBFour additional Bacolod residents hit by the Delta variant and their close contacts were retested and found negative for COVID-19 on Sunday, August 29, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical data and analysis, said.While 20 members of a family who live in the same compound at Barangay Singcang Airport who tested positive for COVID-19 were extracted Saturday night and brought to quarantine facilities in Bacolod City, he said.There is one asymptomatic family member whose COVID-19 cycle threshold is 14, which means his viral load is high that is qualified for genome sequencing as a possible Delta variant, he said.“Our suspicion is that person was the cause of the spread of the virus in that compound,” he said.The COVID-19 was...

Sep12021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (September 1, 2021)

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Bystanders help pull out 15-year-old John Ray Cabalhin after he was buried in the sand when a truck fell on its side following a brake malfunction at the Granada-Alangilan Road in Bacolod City, Wednesday, September 1.*Police Station 5 photo

Aug302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Beltran votes for 100% ‘B,’ laments low production

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The representative of the millers on Saturday, August 28, informed his colleagues on the Sugar Board that he is voting to allocate 100 percent of the country’s sugar production for crop year 2021-22 for “B” or the domestic market.Board Member Roland Beltran said he is disappointed that the yearly production of raw sugar remains stagnant, if not in a declining trajectory, while the annual population growth is increasing in numbers.Inevitably, the demand for local sugar will outpace the supply denigrating the mandate of SRA “to establish and maintain such balanced relation between production and requirement of sugar and such marketing conditions as well insure stabilized prices at a level reasonably profitable to the producers and fair to consumers,” he saidSadly, opportunities w...

Aug302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Night-time public vaccination, 3rd Vax-i bus launch Monday

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City PIO photoThe night-time public vaccination drive of the Bacolod City government starts at the second floor of the Jollibee branch at Gatuslao-Burgos streets at 8 p.m. Monday, August 30, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said.Leonardia, in a press release, said Covid jabs will be administered by the medical team of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force and the City Health Office to qualified residents, who have pre-registered online.The 4 p.m. launch coincides with the commemoration of the National Heroes Day Monday.Also to be launched Monday is the third mobile vaccination unit or the Vax-i, courtesy of Merzci, City Administrator Em Legaspi-Ang, concurrent EOC-TF executive director and Covid-19 Vaccination Council coordinator.Two buses, owned by the city government and V...

Aug312021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (August 31, 2021)

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A fire destroys 60 houses in San Carlos City Tuesday, August 31.*DRRMO photo

Aug302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

House carried off by whirlwind disappears, 4 others destroyed

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Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan inspects the whirlwind hit area and delivers assistance.*A whirlwind destroyed five houses and damaged one at Sitio Old Manghanoy in Barangay Manghanoy, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, at about 4 p.m. Friday, August 27, Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan said Sunday.Two houses were also damaged in Moises Padilla, she said.Luckily none of the about 30 residents were injured, she said.She said the whirlwind carried off one house that has not been found, and dropped a bathroom 600 meters from where it was originally located.The mayor delivered food assistance, utensils, vitamins and health kits to the affected residents.The town government also sent construction materials worth P7,000 to each family, who will also receive an additional P3,000, she ...

Aug302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

7 more establishments receive safety seals

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Seven more corporate entities were issued Safety Seal certificates by the Bacolod City government Friday, August 27.The second batch of recipients of Safety Seal certificates were Jollibee (CityMall Goldenfields), McDonald's (Araneta), Starbucks Coffee (SM City), SM Development Corporation (SMDC), Jollibee (Mandalagan), Jollibee (CityMall Mandalagan), and McDonald's (North Drive-La Salle Avenue), Stela Rose Rayos, chair of the city's Safety Seal Committee (SSC), saidFour more firms will be issued similar certificates, she added in a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office.Rayos said 163 companies initially applied for certificates of Safety Seal with the city government.Of the total applicants, 17 have so far qualified, after online verification/calibration...

Sep12021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Man beheaded in spot where cop killed, head found in separate area

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A man was beheaded at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, August 31, in the same spot where a policeman was shot dead at Rosario Street, Barangay 38, Bacolod City, on Sunday, PMaj. Ramel Sarona, Police Station 1 chief, said.A head was found soon after in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City.The police are determining if the head belongs to the headless body found in Barangay 38, Sarona said.A message, on a cardboard beside the headless body, said “Bayad sa utang!!! Interest palang…Capital preparar para suma total!!! Halong Bacolod (Payment for a debt!!!This is just the interest …prepare capital for the total!!! Be careful Bacolod).”Witnesses said two vehicles with about eight persons on board arrived at Rosario Street and unloaded what appeared to be the body of a dead unidentified m...