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The checkpoint at the border of Kabankalan City and Mabinay today, March 1.*Kabankalan LGU photoKabankalan City opened its border to Mabinay, Negros Oriental, residents starting today, March 1, Mayor Pedro Zayco said.Zayco said entry into Kabankalan is strictly limited to residents of Mabinay bearing identification cards issued by their town mayor, those from other parts of Negros Oriental were turned back.Entry of Mabinay residents is strictly limited within the borders of Kabankalan City, Executive Order No. 21-12, Series of 2021 issued by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson states.Their stay in Kabankalan is limited to 12 hours, Zayco said.Twelve hours is enough time for Mabinay residents to do their business in Kabankalan, Zayco said.Mabinay residents who enter Kabankalan ...

Capitol photosNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson signed memorandums of agreement with the mayors of Escalante City and Calatrava today, March 1, for the turnover of the management of two provincial government hospitals to them.Lascon signed a MOA with Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. for the turnover of the management of the Vicente Gustilo District Hospital in Escalante City to the city government.He also signed a MOA with Mayor Marilyn Era for the turnover of the Calatrava District Hospital to the Calatrava municipal government.The signing held at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City was witnessed by Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Board Members Rommel Debulgado of Araceli Somosa of the first district of Negros Occidental.Both mayors signified their readiness to operat...

Screen grabbed from BFP-BacolodThe Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) kicked off Fire Prevention Month today, March 1.Bacolod Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi said many fire incidents are recorded during the summer, so they are doing everything to promote awareness and consciousness on fire safety.He said that fire safety is not only the concern of the BFP but the public as well.“We’re calling the cooperation of the people…we can’t work efficiently without their support and help,” he added.The opening salvo kicked off with the simultaneous blowing of horns of fire trucks all over Negros Occidental, including Bacolod, followed by a motorcade around the major thoroughfares, that was participated in by stakeholders, local government units, and volunteer fire brigade...

Bacolod PIO file photoNegros Occidental placed second in the Measles-Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR OPV SIA) among the six provinces in Western Visayas as of Sunday, the Department of Health reported today, March 1.Among the top 20 local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas that reached the 95 percent immunization target are Murcia, Talisay City, Sagay City, Candoni, La Castellana and Cadiz City in Negros Occidental, the report also said.The DOH has extended the MR OPV SIA for another week in areas with less than 95 percent coverage, Dr. Emilia Monicimpo, DOH Western Visayas regional director, said.The extension of the activity is up to March 7.There are 84,541 eligible children in Western Visayas who remain unvaccinated for MR ...

The Western Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has agreed to hold in abeyance the implementation of national IATF Resolution No. 101 setting uniform nationwide travel protocols for land, air and sea pending clarifications, Local Government Regional Director Jovian Engeniero said.The requests to maintain the status quo were sought by local government units in a WV IATF meeting today, February 28, said Engeniero, who heads the region’s task force, said.In Negros Occidental, the provincial government will continue to require all passengers arriving in Negros Occidental by air and sea to be swabbed for COVID-19 tests and quarantined despite Resolution 101, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Resolution 101 issued Friday, Febr...

Calatrava PNP photoA policeman who was assigned in Toboso, Negros Occidental, was gunned down in the mountainous area of Barangay Patun-an in Calatrava Saturday night, February 27.Killed was Police Staff Sgt. John Daniel Gotera, 37, of the Toboso Police Station, and a resident of Barangay Buluangan, San Carlos City.The police officer was walking along the barangay road when he was waylaid by an unidentified suspect who shot him twice in the head, a police report said.The victim was rushed to the San Carlos City Hospital where he was pronounced dead.Recovered from the crime scene was one fired cartridge of a .45 caliber pistol.The Calatrava police have yet to establish the motive of the killing.Capt. Kenneth Paul Magan, Toboso police chief, said they are also con...

Carla sent Today at 10:45 PM The first batch of anti-COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the country today, February 28, signaling the start of the country’s national immunization program.*NIATF photoThe first batch of anti-COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the country today, February 28, signaling the start of the country’s national immunization program.Officials from the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of National Defense officially received the 600,000 vaccine doses donated by the People’s Republic of China to the Philippines, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 announced on its Facebook page.The vaccine had already been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week, which guarantees its safety and efficacy.Presid...