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May302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Regional CPP-NPA leader, companion killed in Iloilo

PRO-6 photoAn alleged regional leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army operating in Panay Island and his comrade were killed a shootout with Army and police operatives at Providence Subdivision in Brgy. Balabag, Pavia, Iloilo, on Friday, May 28.The subject of the operation is Reynaldo Bocala, alias Bading, head of Regional Finance Bureau, Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay (KR-P), and the husband of Maria Concepcion "Concha" Araneta, deputy secretary of CPP-NPA's KR-P, an Army press release said.Bocala was killed when he fought back as authorities were serving four warrants of arrest against him, which also resulted in the death of his companion Welly Epago Arguelles of Barangay North Baluarte Molo, the press release said .Captured from the area were two .45 ...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Culture Hub tour launched, new attractions inaugurated

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Gov. Eugenio Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Provincial Tourism Officer Jennylind Cordero cut the ribbon at the inauguration of the Provincial Tourism Office.* Richard Malihan photosGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said the Culture Hub tour centers on the splendor of the Capitol and Capitol Lagoon Park.*The new ANP showroom and the launching of the 35th Negros Trade Fair.*The Fiesta Negrense Mural*The inauguration of the Negros Occidental Food Terminal Market.*Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson launched the Negros Occidental Culture Hub Circuit Tour and inaugurated five new facilities to boost tourism around the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Saturday, May 29.Inaugurated were the Provincial Tourism Office, Mambukal Resort Office and CafeTolyo at the Capitol Park, the Associa...

May302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros-Iloilo travel to resume June 1

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Travel between Negros Occidental and Iloilo will resume Tuesday, June 1.The Western Visayas Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and the Regional Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in a joint advisory said the temporary suspension of travel from Negros Occidental to Iloilo City and the Dumangas port in Iloilo province will be lifted 12:01 a.m. of June 1, unless otherwise extended by a appropriate authorities.Travelers are advised to observe minimum public health standards and coordinate with their respective Local Government Units for travel requirements prior to their departure, the joint resolution said.Travel between the two provinces was suspended starting May 23 amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Iloilo City.*

May302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (May 30, 2021)

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson feeds a warty pig at the Talarak Foundation Forest Park at the South Capitol Road in Bacolod City that is part of the Negros Occidental Culture Hub Circuit Tour.*Ronnie Baldonado photo

May302021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Isabela closes town hall for three days

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The Isabela municipal government in Negros Occidental is temporarily closing down its town hall for three days due to the rising cases of coronavirus in the locality.Mayor Irene Montilla, in Office Order No. 54-2021 dated May 28, said the suspension of office work will start from May 31 to June 2.Due to four new COVID-19 cases in the locality as reported by the Municipal Health Officer on May 28, two of whom are municipal employees from the Office of the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator and Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development, one Department of Education employee of Isabela National High School, and one from the Commission on Elections, the municipal hall be locked down, she said.She also said in the order that employees of offices and departmen...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Councilor robbed, beaten up in motel, cops recover vehicle

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A Bago City councilor reported to the police that he was beaten up and robbed by two males inside a motel in Bacolod City on Wednesday, May 26, who then escaped onboard his vehicle.Councilor Cleo Gaudite, 47, reported the incident to the Bacolod Station 2 police Friday morning, May 28.Gaudite said while he was at 18th and Lacson streets in Bacolod City near a gasoline station at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday two males stopped the red Mitsubishi Mirage GLX he was driving and entered it, PCapt. Paul Vincent Pendon, Station 2 chief, said.One of the suspects pointed an icepick at him and made him drive into a motel, Gaudite told the police.Gaudite said the suspects then beat him up and took his pants containing P3,000 and his iPhone 12 Pro Max, and escaped on board his vehicle, Pen...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod has 41 Covid deaths, 1,994 new cases in May: Ang

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Bacolod City has had 1,994 new COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths in May, City Administrator Em Ang said Friday, May 28.The city had 30 COVID-19 deaths in April.That brought the total COVID-19 deaths in Bacolod City to 263 since the start of the pandemic last year, said Ang, who is also Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director.The highest number of COVID-19 cases in Bacolod City in a single month was 2,607 in September 2020, she said.The highest number of deaths in a single month were 50 in August last year, she added.Bacolod City had 84 new COVID-19 cases and Negros Occidental had 68 on Friday, the Department of Health reported.Bacolod City has 1,153 active COVID-19 cases, the DOH added.Negros Occidental has 1,367 active cases. It has had 13,047 recover...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv, 10 other officials get 2nd Sinovac jabs

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (center), Mayor Manuel Escalante of Manapla (left), and Mayor Pedro Zayco of Kabankalan City receive their second Sinovac jabs at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City Friday, May 28.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, five mayors, four board members and a department head received their second Sinovac jabs at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City Friday, May 28, Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, TLJPH officer-in-charge, said.“It went well just like the first. No side effects for now,” Lacson said.The second jabs of two other board members - Manuel Frederick Ko and Araceli Somosa, were deferred.Ko tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and is quarantine at the Mambukal R...

May282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Mayor pursuing lot donors for Bacolod General Hospital

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Mayor Evelio Leonardia said Friday, May 28, that he is optimistic that the bill creating a Bacolod General Hospital will be signed into law.“The city will seriously pursue prospective lot donors (for the hospital site) and, in coordination with Congressman Greg (Gasataya), we hope to finalize soon a deed of donation of an appropriate area”, he said.Senate Bill No. 164, authored by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, seeking the creation of a P600 million Bacolod City General Hospital was approved on second reading Wednesday, May 26.Zubiri expects it to be approved on third reading on Monday and signed into law before the President’s State of the Nation Address on the last Monday of July.Senate Bill No. 1647 is the counterpart measure of House Bill No. 6731 authored by Ba...