Tag: Bacolod news
Bing, EOC urge city residents to join 3-day nat’l vax drive
City PIO photoMayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia is exhorting Bacolodnons to take part in the November 29-December 1 National Vaccination Day in a bid to fast-track the government's goal to achieve herd immunity.Leonardia's call was echoed by Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center-Task Force deputy, who also said on t Tuesday, Nov. 23, Bacolod's vaccination teams registered a record-high of 13,403 individuals inoculated in a single day.The EOC-TF and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council, led by Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang, exceeded their original target of only 12,000 after administering first doses to 4,282 city folk and second doses to 6,494 others on top of 2,627 Bacolodnons who received booster jabs, a press release said.Sorongon, who led the Vac-To-School initiat...
9 Negros reps file bill for creation of NIR
Nine Negros Island representatives filed House Bill No. 10534 on Tuesday, November 23, that seeks to create the Negros Island Region for greater economic coordination and more efficient delivery of public services in Negros Occidental and Oriental, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said.Consolidating the two Negros provinces in one administrative region through the “Negros Island Region Act” will promote sustainable and inclusive economic development, he said.The signatories of the bill introduced by Benitez, are Negros Occidental representatives Gerardo Valmayor (1st District), Leo Rafael Cueva (2nd District), Juliet Marie Ferrer (4th District), Ma. Lourdes Arroyo (5th District), Rep. Greg Gasataya (Bacolod) and Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod).Neg...
Guv stands pat on S-PaSS rule; Two caught with fake vax cards
Bacolod DRRMO photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will not back down on requiring all passengers bound for the Bacolod Silay Airport in Silay City to apply for an S-PaSS prior to arrival, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday, November 23.Lacson said the S-PaSS will continue to be required even from Bacolod-bound passengers to enable the provincial government to validate the authenticity of their vaccination cards and negative RT-PCR results prior to arrival as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.Em Legaspi Ang, Emergency Operations Center – Task Force executive director, on Monday reiterated that the S-PaSS is no longer required for fully-vaccinated Bacolod-bound passengers.A Bacolod-bound passenger and another who arrived in Sagay City submitted fake ...
Albee asks Comelec to deny petition to cancel COC
Former Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez is asking the Commission on Elections First Division to deny the petition seeking the cancellation of his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of Bacolod for utter lack of merit.The Comelec First Division is set to hold the preliminary conference for the petition on Wednesday, November 24.The petitioners Hector Yula, Teodoro Abao and Jonah Tornea Abao in their petition dated October 25 asked the COMELEC to cancel the COC of Benitez “on the ground of material misrepresentation“of his residence.They also claimed he failed to comply with the one-year residency requirement.Benitez, in his verified answer to the petition, pointed out that the three had filed similar petitions earlier questioning his residency bef...
Over P600K worth of drugs seized
BCPO photoMore than P600,000 worth of drugs were seized in separate drug bust operations in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Tuesday morning, November 23.Nabbed was 43-year-old Rafael Martir, alias “Nonoy,” of 1192 Lapu-Lapu Street in Gonzaga Subdivision.He was a suspected high-value drug personality of the Bacolod City Police Office.Seized from his possession were 29 sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 64 grams and worth P435,000, P1,000 in cash, and the P11,000 boodle money.In a separate operation, Janice Palo, alias “Tisay,” of 1203 Lapu-Lapu Street in the same subdivision was also arrested by the police during a drug bust.Palo was listed as one of the most wanted drug personalities of Police Regional Office-6.Recovered from her possession were six ...
Fire destroys Alijis house
Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photoA fire destroyed a two storey house in Purok Maanyag, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, Tuesday morning, November 23, Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, city fire marshal, said.The house was owned by Roy Wendel Bravo and was being rented by Zmile Nava, he said.They were welding barbwire on their perimeter fence and sparks from the welding rod hit the LPG tanks below triggering the fire, he said.No one was injured in the fire, which destruction was estimated at P100,000, Legaspi said.They were suspected to be retailing butane, but an investigation is still underway, he said.*
Negros Occidental padayon nga maga-require sang S-PaSS; Bacolod nagapabilin nga indi mag require sang S-PaSS sa mga nabakunahan
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT-ogqyw34o&live=1[/embedyt]S-Pass nagapabilin nga requirement sang Negros Occidental para sa tanan nga maga sulod sa probinsya.Suno kay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson nagapabilin ang panindugan sang probinsya nga naga lakip sa mga pasahero nga padulong sa Bacolod City kag maga agi sa Bacolod-Silay Airport.Ang pag require sang S-Pass suno sa gobernador kasubong nga gina buligan ang airline companies bahin sa pag verify sa mga dokumento sang mga traveller bangud paagi sa S-Pass gina validate na nga daan ang ayhan vaccination certificate ukon ang negative RT PCR Test result nga gina require.Sa executive order nga ginpa gwa ni Mayor Evelio Leonardia kasunod sang pag paidalom sa alert level 2 sang Bacolod, indi na ki...
SM Hotels kumpyansa para sa palaabuton sang P18B development project
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YNzf2yl4k&live=1[/embedyt]SM Hotels and Conventions Corp kumpyansa para sa palaabuton sang P18B development project sa pila ka mga lugar sa pungsod sa pihak sang pandemic.Ini kadungan sang grand opening sang Park Inn Hotel by Raddisson nga kaiping lang sang SM City Bacolod sa Reclamation Area.Ginpahayag ni Peggy Angeles, Executive Vice President sang SMHCC, nga sa amat-amat nga paghalog sang travel restrictions kadungan sang pagnubo sang alert status sang Bacolod makit-an ang liwat man nga pagsaka bisan sa mga guest sang hotel.Amo nga bisan na delay ang pagtukod sang pila pa ka mga development project sang SMHCC tuga man sang epekto sang pandemic kumpyansa sila sa gihapon nga mas magatin-ad ang ekonomiya.Kabahin sa kapin P...
Gas station naga banaag sa Christmas decors kag lights
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxgHWdp5-uw&live=1[/embedyt]Kun maglabay ka sa sini nga Shell gas station sa Circumferential Road sa Homesite sa Bacolod City maka agaw atensyon ang mga christmas decors kag lights nga naga banaag.May series sang mga parol, Christmas tree, mga kahoy nga napuno sang christmas lights, nagkalain lain nga mga colors sang stars kag mga lighted boxes kag hanging nga mga cany canes.Suno sa kay Mitos Cooper, ang naga disensyo sini. Mga isa niya na ini ka tuig nga gina himo. Luyag niya nga maka hatag sang kalipayan sa mga naga nilabay ilabi na gid sa mga kabataan.May fitness gym sa kilid sang gas station kag ang suga sa sulod naga compliment man sa mga Christmas decors.Madulom ang ini nga bahin sang highway pero paglab-ot mo sa gas s...