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Photo of the Day (June 24, 2021)
The Philippine flag flies at half-mast in front of the Bacolod City Government Center for former President Benigno Aquino III who passed away Thursday, June 24.*Bacolod PIO photo
Duterte to sign law creating Bacolod hospital on June 24
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign House Bill 6731 establishing a P600 million Bacolod City General Hospital into law at Malacañang Palace on Thursday evening, June 24, Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya said Wednesday.Gasataya authored House Bill No. 6731 and Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri authored the counterpart measure in the Senate.The Bacolod solon said he is very happy with the swift action of the president on the bill that was approved in the House on June 3, 2020, and in the Senate on May 31, 2021.“It is very important for us here in Bacolod to have our own hospital so I am very thankful for the president’s response,” said Gasataya, who has been invited to the singing rites.Hopefully the groundbreaking for the hospital can take place in the first quarter of 2022, he said...
Talisay City Hall, Sipalay mayor’s office closed
The Talisay City Hall and the Mayor’s Office in Sipalay City have been closed for disinfection after several employees tested positive for COVID-19.The new Talisay City Hall will be temporarily closed Thursday and Friday, June 24-25, for disinfection and contact tracing, Mayor Neil Lizares said Wednesday.Six employees from the city planning and development, human resource, general services and mayor’s offices have tested positive for COVID-19.The Sipalay City Mayor’ Office will also be closed on Thursday and Friday for disinfection and contact tracing after one employee tested positive for COVID-19, Executive Assistant Dionilo Bogtae said.The Sipalay City Sangguniang Panlungsod office has also been closed with the number of its employees who tested positive for COVID-19 hav...
DOH okays Bacolod cold chain facility, Pfizer vaccines expected
EOC executive director Em Ang and deputy Dr. Chris Sorongon with the DOH team inspecting Bacolod's cold chain facility Wednesday morning.*Bacolod City is now ready to receive 5,850 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines as its cold chain warehouse and equipment passed the Department of Health standards Wednesday, June 23, City Administrator Em Ang said.Bacolod has one Ultra Low Freezer (ULF) that can store 40,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines at -70°C to -80°C and 32 freezers at -25°C to 30°C which can store Moderna, Gamaleya, Sputnik, and AstraZeneca vaccines, she said.The team from the DOH and Food and Drug Administration conducted the inspection and assessment of the ULF and cold chain facility Wednesday morning.Bacolod City received 15,000 doses and Negros Occidental received 1...
Cop at Moises Padilla checkpoint already retired
The Parish of San Isidro Labrador in Moises Padilla held a special thanksgiving mass that was attended by Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo, her family, and the municipal government employees Wednesday, June 23, a day after the NAPOLCOM resolution came out dismissing six cops.*Moises Padilla LGU photoOne of the cops involved in the Moises Padilla checkpoint in 2017 already retired from the police service before the dismissal order of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) came out.Former Moises Padilla police chief Captain Allan Reloj, along with five policemen, were found by the NAPOLCOM "culpable for grave misconduct and grave irregularities in the performance of duty" in relation to the arrest of then town vice mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo and her husband, Felix Yulo III, in the December 201...
Bacolod SP wants degradation in Pahanocoy, Sum-ag stopped
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on Wednesday, June 23, designated Councilor Carl Lopez to coordinate efforts of different agencies to stop a developer in barangays Sum-ag and Pahancoy from further “unabated” degradation of the environment, Councilor Archie Baraibar said.The Bacolod City Legal Office in May issued a cease and desist order directing Engineer Andre Taculod to halt his business operations in barangays Sum-ag and Pahanocoy that allegedly endanger and destroy the environment.The CLO cited the cutting of mangroves in a two to three-hectare area, the building of a wharf (mini-port) and development of a beach resort.The Bacolod SP at its regular session Wednesday approved a resolution authored by Baribar granting Lopez, chair of the SP Committee on Environment, a spe...
2 close contacts of bishop test positive for COVID-19
Two out of 12 close contacts of San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza have tested positive for COVID-19, Msgr. Erwin Magnanao, Diocese of San Carlos vicar general, said Wednesday, June 23.The priests who underwent Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT–PCR) tests had negative results, he said.The Bishop’s Home Compound in San Carlos City will remain locked down until July 6 in compliance with the 14-day zonal containment or quarantine rule, he said.Alminaza, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, is responding well to treatment and recuperating at a hospital, Magnanao said.He is still advised to rest and cannot receive calls or reply to queries on social media, he added.*
CLMMRH chief directed to answer complaint
City PIO file photoThe Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has directed the chief of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City to respond to a complaint for alleged abuse of authority and misconduct filed against him by the former assistant chief nurse of CLMMRH.Dr. Julius Drilon said on Wednesday, June 23, that he is leaving it to his lawyers to respond to the complaint lodged by Milagros Atienza when reached for comment.Director Gaudioso Melendez of the Office of the Ombudsman said finding enough basis to proceed with the criminal investigation of the case, Drilon is ordered to file his counter affidavit and other controverting evidence within 10 days from receipt of the of the OMB order dated May 20.*
RTWPB calls for more vaccines; Cover workforce, too – Sacho
PIMT photoThe Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday, June 23, urging the Regional Inter-Agency Task Forces to facilitate the request for additional vaccines against COVID-19 for Western Visayas, RTWPB labor representative Wennie Sancho said.It was strongly suggested by the RTWPB that the Department of Health allocate unused vaccines for the workers, he also said.The labor sector manifested that the government should be consistent with its priority program amid allegations that the "palakasan system" still prevails and getting vaccinated is a "matter of whom you know", Sancho said.The labor sector is calling for the vaccination of workers in Western Visayas to keep the economy afloat, Sancho, who is also General Alliance...