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Jul42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

I’m not dead, I’m alive – OVY

“I’m not dead, I am very much alive and healthy.”This was stressed by Yanson Group Bus of Companies matriarch Olivia V. Yanson, 87, amid rumors circulating Sunday, July 4, that she had passed away.“Tell those people who want me dead, I love the Lord and he will not let me die because I still have a mission in this world to help others,” she told Digicast Negros.Yanson said she is alive and kicking and in fact had gone to Church in Tanay, Rizal, Sunday.Yanson said she lives in Makati City and her doctors say she is healthy.“Tell the people of Bacolod I feel healthy, I am taking care of myself…I am strong,” Yanson said.“Tell them that I love them, I don’t want to die yet because my mission in the world is not finished yet,” she added.Yanson said she is staying in ...

Jul42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

CLMMRH Covid ward closed

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Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital has temporarily closed its COVID-19 ward at the 5th Floor of its West Tower Building, a CLMMRH advisory said Sunday, July 4.It was immediately closed to allow for repairs of its resuscitation and medication rooms, it said.“In effect, all dedicated non-ICU COVID Isolation beds will be unavailable until further notice,” the advisory added.*

Jul42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

PNoy thanked for service to country at Bacolod rites

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Negrenses light candles for former president Benigno Aquino III at the grounds of the San Antonio Abad Church in Bacolod City, Saturday, July 3.*CPG photoA group of Negrenses held a community memorial for former president Benigno Aquino III at the San Antonio Abad Parish Church in Bacolod City Saturday, July 3, to thank him for his service to the country.The participants dressed in yellow and black joined a mass to mark the 10th day since Aquino, 61, passed away on June 24.They then proceeded to the Church grounds to lay yellow and white flowers and light candles in front of a tarpaulin bearing the former president’s photo and the message “Para kay PNoy Salamat (For PNoy, thank you).”Fr. Noli Blancaflor said the memorial was held to thank Aquino for the decency he brought t...

Jul42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Greg: More free dialysis sessions, 7 Bacolod brgys to get ambulances

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Photo from Greg Gasataya FBThe Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has expanded its coverage of dialysis sessions from 90 to 144 sessions for outpatients, while the Department of Health (DOH) is set to turnover ambulances to seven Bacolod barangays, Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya said Sunday, July 4.Gasataya said he was informed by the DOH that seven ambulances will be turned over to barangays Punta Taytay, Tangub, Cabug, Felisa, Handumanan, Mansilingan, and Banago this week.He had requested for the ambulances in Congress in 2019, Gasataya said.Meanwhile, PhilHealth announced the expansion of its coverage of dialysis sessions in Circular No. 2021-0009 published Friday, July 2, he said.Gasataya, vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said he rais...

Jul42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Flag to fly at half-mast for councilor on July 8

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City PIO photoMayor Evelio Leonardia has ordered the flying of the Philippine flag in all public buildings and places where it is displayed in Bacolod City at half-mast to give honor and recognition to Councilor Elmer Tan Sy on July 8, the day of his internment.Sy, 66, who tested positive for COVID-19, had a heart attack and died at the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center on June 25.He was a kidney patient undergoing dialysis twice a week and planning to have a kidney transplant, his daughter Psyche Sy said.She said their family would like to express their gratitude to all who have condoled with them on the passing away of her father.His formal wake at the Acropolis Chapels in Brgy Bata, Bacolod City, will start Monday, July 5, until Wednesday, July 7.Interment will at...

Jul42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (July 4, 2021)

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Negrenses light candles for former president Benigno Aquino III at the grounds of the San Antonio Abad Church in Bacolod City, Saturday, July 3.*CPG photo

Jul42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

303rd IB celebrates 35th anniversary

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303rd IB photoThe Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade celebrated its 35th Founding Anniversary at Camp Gerona in Brgy Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, July 3.Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd IB brigade commander, led a series of activities that included a wreath-laying ceremony, mass, blessing of vehicles and equipment, awarding of Military Merit Medals to its personnel, and a program while observing the COVID-19 health and safety protocols."Our accomplishments would not have been possible without the individual and collective performances of our soldiers on the ground; thus, it is just timely and right to give due credit for all of their sacrifices and their dedication to duty,” Pasaporte said.“Let us always work together for the greater aspiratio...

Jul42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Agri, tourism heads to address 67th Philsutech convention

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Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat will be the guest speakers during the opening of the 67th Annual National Convention of the Philippine Sugar Technologists Associations Inc. (PHILSUTECH) at Park Inn Hotel, SM City, Bacolod City on August 25.Puyat has already confirmed her attendance, while Dar has yet to confirm his presence, a press release from the organizers said.On August 26, Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica will also deliver a report on the latest developments in the sugar industry, the sugar supply and demand situation for Crop Year 2020-2021, and what stakeholders can look forward to in Crop Year 2021-2022.The three-day convention will last until August 27, with the theme “Sugarcane Industry: Braving thro...

Jul32021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Second jail escapee killed, manhunt for 2 others ongoing

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A second escapee of the Negros Occidental District Jail in Bago City was killed after he allegedly resisted arrest at Sitio Ambulo, Barangay San Fernando, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Friday, July 2.Killed was Danilo Celeste of Victorias City, who was facing charges for carnapping, robbery, illegal possession of firearms, and attempted homicide.Celeste was among five high-risk inmates who escaped by cutting the grills of their cell window and tying their clothes and different pieces of cloth together to climb over a 20-foot wall on June 29.A day after, on June 30, they were cornered at Hacienda Velez in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, that left his brother, Marvin Celeste, who was facing charges for illegal possession of firearms, dead. Daniel Tamon of Salvador Benedicto town...