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Bacolod PIO photoThe owners of the houses destroyed by a fire at Zone 2 of Purok Riverside in Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, on Friday will receive financial assistance from the city government, Pacita Tero, Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) head, said Saturday, June 19.The fire totally destroyed 16 houses occupied by 18 families, she said.The city provides P10,000 to owners of houses destroyed by fires.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leoardia checked on the fire victims on Friday, a Bacolod City government press release said.Tero said the City has extended food packs, tents, sleeping kits, and hygiene kits to the 18 families.Each family will receive financial assistance from the city government that is being processed now by the DSSD, she added.*

Calatrava PNP photoFour people were killed in separate shooting incidents in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, on Thursday, June 17.A husband killed his wife following a heated argument in their home at Barangay San Isidro, Calatrava.Killed was 28-year-old Sendy Ambasing, who was shot to death with an unknown firearm by her husband Alex Ambasing, 32, who fled from the scene after the incident.The victim sustained a lone gunshot wound to her head. She was brought to Calatrava District Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.Police are looking at jealousy as the motive of the incident.COUPLE DEADA teacher and her husband were was also gunned down in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, by an unidentified suspect.Ermelito Desamparado, 46, fetched his wife...

Fire razes 17 houses in Purok Riverside in Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, Friday morning, June 18.*Photo courtesy of Crispin ChuaFire destroyed 17 houses in densely populated Purok Riverside in Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, Friday morning, June 18.Bata Barangay Captain Angelito Abaring said “the fire destroyed 15 houses and two others that were not totally burned could no longer be used.”The houses made of light materials were built very close to each other, he said.Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, Bacolod Fire Marshall, said they initially counted 10 houses destroyed, estimated to cost P200,000.The 20 to 25-square meter houses were made of bamboo and nipa, he said.The fire started at about 10:58 a.m. and was put out at 11:24 a.m., Legaspi said.He said they were coor...

Barbara Mijares photoResorts and beaches in Bacolod City will be closed on the Feast of St. John the Baptist on June 24 to contain the spread of COVID-19, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said Friday, June 18.Familiaran said Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia is expected to issue an order for the one day closure soon.Leonardia said he, Familiaran and Emergency Operations Center officials are holding consultation meetings with owners of resorts, bars, restaurants and coffee shops in connection with the Feast of St. John the Baptist , which traditionally gathers big crowds.The city officials held a consultation meeting with the owners of such establishments in barangays Punta Taytay and Pahanocoy on Friday.Another meeting will be held with the Alangilan and Granada groups on Satu...

Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. issued Executive Order 175-A Friday, June 18, suspending the entry of non residents into Iloilo province until June 30 to prevent the surge in CVID-19 cases.Iloilo province is currently under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine.Defensor said only returning residents, Overseas Filipino Workers, Authorized Persons Outside of Residence, health and emergency frontline personnel, government officials, duly authorized humanitarian assistance actors, persons travelling for medical or humanitarian reasons will be allowed into the province.Also allowed into the province are persons going to and from the airport, public utility vehicle operators and persons crossing zones for work and business permitted in the zone of destination, or for activities authorized ...

The mass vaccination in Cadiz City on Friday.*There were 3,169 Negrenses who received Sinovac jabs on Friday.The mass vaccination schedule for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.*The mass vaccination of Negrenses in towns and cities of Negros Occidental will continue next week, until all of the province’s Sinovac vaccines are used up, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Friday, June 18.The mass vaccination in the towns and cities will continue Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, Diaz said.A total of 5,605 Negrensese received Sinovac jabs on Thursday and Friday.On Friday, 3,792 doses were delivered to 21 towns and cities and 3,169 Negrenses were vaccinated, he said.On Thursday, 2,436 doses were administered in 13 LGUs, out of the 2,838 delivered.Diaz said 11,700 doses ...

The Bago City Agriculturist's Office and Human Resource Management Office have been closed for disinfection after two personnel tested positive for COVID-19, Mayor Nicholas Yulo said Friday, June 18.The city agriculturist and an employee at the HRMO tested positive for COVID-19, he said.Both offices will resume operations on Monday, June 21.Bago City had 141 COVID-19 active cases on Friday, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported.*

The Negros Occidental provincial government will begin the rollout 11,700 doses of Pfizer vaccines next week, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The vaccines, which arrived Thursday, June 17, will be administered at the Negros Residences at Gatuslao Street in Bacolod City and the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City as the vaccination sites need to be near the -86°C freezers where they are being stored, he said.The provincial government has an -86°C freezer at the Provincial Health Office in Bacolod City and another one at the TLJPH, he said.A third freezer will be purchased for the Valladolid District Hospital where vaccines for southern Negros will be stored, Diaz said.The Pfizer vaccines will be administered on Negrenses who fall under the A1...