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Capitol PIO photoSome 300 sugarcane migratory workers from Antique arrived in Negros Occidental on Friday to work in plantations in the southern part of the province, following the start of the milling season last month.The workers, also known as “sacadas”, who arrived at the Bredco Port here after boarding a roll-on, roll-off vessel from Dumangas, Iloilo, were fetched by mini-buses going to Kabankalan City.“They will all be quarantined and will undergo strict health protocols before they will be allowed to work,” the provincial government said in reporting their arrival.At least 5,000 cane cutters from Antique are working in sugarcane plantations in Negros Occidental, the country’s top sugar-producing province.In August, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson issued guidelin...

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order 66 on Friday for the conduct of mandatory coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) surveillance testing for vendors in the city’s three major public markets.The order covers those occupying spaces in the Central Market, Burgos (North) Market, and Libertad (South) Market.Leonardia said the move is part of the planned programs and activities of the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC), whose “decisive actions are gaining favorable results and progressive momentum as of this time.”“(The) mandatory testing is pursuant to and in conformity with the programs, policies, and activities on the date/s and at the place/s determined by the EOC,” he added.Records show that there are 2,455 awardees of stalls or spaces in the...