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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Wednesday, July 21, said travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer be allowed entry into Negros Occidental without negative RT-PCR test results as a deterrent against the highly contagious Delta variant.Lacson said he is amending Executive Order 21-34 that he issued on July 6 adopting Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution 14B that no longer requires fully vaccinated individuals negative RT-PCR test results for inter zonal movement.All travelers into Negros Occidental will now be required negative RT-PCR test results prior to arrival, or they may opt to be tested and quarantined on arrival until their results are out, he said.The Negros Occidental provincial government is not going to ru...

Travelers from areas in Panay Island under higher quarantine status than Negros Occidental must submit COVID-19 negative RT-PCR test results on entry into the province, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, July 21.Negros Occidental is currently under General Community Quarantine (GCQ).Areas in Panay under higher restrictions are Iloilo City and Iloilo province that are under Enhanced Community Quarantine, and Aklan, Antique, and Capiz that are under GCQ with heightened restrictions.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia on July 18 also issued an executive order banning leisure travel between Bacolod City and Panay Island as a border control deterrent against the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant.Department of Health (DOH) officials earlier announced that a close watch is up ...

Thousands of residents, mostly overseas Filipino workers, trooped to the Bacolod City Government Center Wednesday, July 21, for the Pfizer jabs.*City PIO photoA huge crowd, many of whom were overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), lined up for Pfizer jabs at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) Wednesday, July 21.“We did not expect these many to arrive here, most of them are OFWs actually waiting for this vaccine brand (Pfizer) to become available because this is what is acceptable in the countries they are going to,” Ang said.She said the Department of Health sent Bacolod City 2,340 doses of Pfizer vaccines and they already used up close to 1,000 on Tuesday so there will not be enough.There are more than 5,000 OFWs in Bacolod City who have signed up to be vaccinated, Ang sa...

The Negros Occidental provincial government will roll out the AstraZeneca vaccines it purchased to A4 frontline workers on July 28, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Only 2,900 of the 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that the provincial government purchased have arrived.The vaccines that arrived will be rolled out for workers in the sugar industry since Tatak Kalamay had donated to the provincial government for their purchase, Diaz said.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said the provincial government purchased vaccines can be used for A4 individuals, but the rest sent by the Department of Health will still be for those belonging to A1 to A3 (health workers, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities).“The mere fact that we are still not allowed to vaccinate beyon...

City PIO photoMayor Evelio Leonardia led the inauguration and blessing of the Balay Silangan Reformation Facility, a drug reformation center that will be operated by the city government and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Wednesday, July 21.The two-storey Balay Silangan facility in Bacolod City is the first in the Visayas and the second in the country.The P5 million facility is situated at the back of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) compound, at Lacson Extension in Barangay Singcang-Airport.“I am so glad that we have this kind of facility, because it is badly needed. This is all about reformation and giving second chances to drug offenders”, Leonardia said.Project Engineer Amy Tentia said the fund was taken from the City Mayor’s Office - Other Struc...

PRO-6 photoA 29-year-old man who allegedly molested a boy was arrested at his home at Barangay 2, Bacolod City on Monday, July 19.Nabbed for violation of Republic Act 7610, or an act providing for stronger deterrence and special protection against child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination, was Valentine Diola.Diola allegedly molested a 7-year-old boy two times in 2020, the police report said.The members of the Bacolod City Mobile Force Company were acting on the arrest warrant issued by Bacolod Regional Judge Branch 51 Judge Maritess Gumahin on May 6 this year.The court has recommended P200,000 for his temporary liberty.He is now under the custody of the Police Station 2.*