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Nov142021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

IATF places Bacolod, rest of WV under Alert Level 2 until Nov. 30

Bacolod City and the rest of Western Visayas have been placed under Alert Level 2 by the national Inter-Agency Task Force from November 15 to 30, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Saturday.The downgrade of Bacolod's status from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 2 was expected as COVID-19 cases have continued to decline in the past four weeks, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.Cases of new infections dipped to only 12 Saturday as Emergency Operations Center-Task Force and COVID-19 Vaccination Council frontliners went full blast with their inoculation of minors, including those with co-morbidities, students, their parents, school faculty and non-teaching personnel on top of their mall-based operations, barangay vaccination drive and jab administration i...

Nov142021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod receives DILG award, employees set to get bonus

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Here's a piece of good news for City Hall employees.Bacolod City is a recipient of the 2020 Seal of Good Local Governance Award from the Department of Interior and Local Government, thus, allowing it to grant a performance-based bonus to its personnel.Mayor Evelio Leonardia made the announcement after receiving the news from the DILG, saying that the recognition is a testimonial to the exemplary performance of his administration and employees even in the midst of the many hurdles brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.This is the second time in a row that Bacolod has been given the SGLG Award.In 2019, the LGU also received the Seal from the national government that allowed him to grant bonuses to employees, Le...

Nov132021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Cebu Pacific ramps up flights to Bacolod to 9x weekly; waives 5kg excess baggage fee for fully-vaxxed passengers

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From left: Cebu Pacific Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Michael Ivan Shau, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Cebu Pacific Chief Strategy Officer Alex Reyes, Governor Eugenio Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, and Cebu Pacific VP for Marketing and Customer Experience Candice IyogCebu Pacific continues to ramp up its domestic network to address rising travel demand, beginning with the increase of its Bacolod flights from twice to nine times a week beginning November 15.CEB will be operating a daily Manila-Bacolod flight via 5J 485, which is scheduled to depart the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 9:20 am. Its return flight, 5J 486 is set to leave the Bacolod-Silay Airport at 11:15 am.To help the inoculation initiatives of the Negros Occidental region, all fully-vac...

Nov132021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

CLMMRH creates Covid-19 critical care unit at West Tower

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The whole sixth floor of the West Tower at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City has been converted into a critical care unit for COVID-19 patients, Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH chief, said Friday, November 12.This is because there are many more patients needing COVID-19 intensive care, he said.The CCU on the 6th floor of the West Tower can accommodate 23 more critical patients, he said.The hospital has 30 COVID-19 critical unit beds, he added.Drilon said the hospital has added 47 Intensive Care Unit nurses, more doctors and support personnel.CLMMRH can also accommodate critical patients if they choose to have private accommodations, Drilon added.*

Nov122021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

CHO naga pabor sa mandatory vaccination

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Pamuno sang Bacolod City Health Office pabor nga himuon mandatory ang pagpabakuna batuk sa Covid-19.Kun ang bakuna ang magahatag sang kaayuhan para sa tanan, pabor si City Health Office in charge Dr. Edwin Miraflor sa ginaduso sang gobyerno nga himuon ini nga mandatory agud man mapangapinan ang publiko batuk sa Covid-19.Ginpahayag ni miraflor nga kasubong sang nagliligad, ginpatuman man ang mandatory vaccination kontra sa mga nag-agi nga pandemic.Gin-anunsyo ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ang pag-require sa mga public kag private employees nga magpabakuna sa mga lugar nga may nagakaigo nga supply sang Covid-19 vaccines sumugod Disyembre 1.Gindugang ni Roque nga indi man mapahalin sa ubra sang mga empleyado nga indi bakunado pero iga-require sa ila ang regular RT-P...

Nov122021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Opposition batuk sa 63 ka voter applicants gin-withdraw na

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May 33 tanan ka mga voter applicants nga nagparehistro sang ginpatuman ang extended voters registration sang Oktubre ang nagpangatubang sang opposition.Pero sa election registration board hearing kahapon, gin withdraw man sang mga oppositors ang reklamu batuk sa ila.Suno kay Comelec-Bacolod Election Officer Atty. Kathrina Trinio-Cana, nag-gwa nga kilala man sang mga oppositor ang mga voter applicants nga tanan gikan sa Barangay Bata.Damlag pa, may 99 man ka mga voter applicants nga nagpa-rehistro humalin sang hulyo tubtob Setyembre ang nakabaton sang opposition.Una nga na-withdraw ang reklamu batuk sa 65 ka mga voter applicants sang Oktubre kag sunod man nga na-withdraw ang opposition sa 30 ka iban pa.Samtang lima sa ila ang na-disapprove.

Nov122021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

59 ka mga nakakas nga empleyado sang Baciwa naga laum nga makabalik sa trabaho antes sang paskwa

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Makaduha na ka beses nga gin-deny sang Civil Service Commission ang gin-file nga motion for reconsideration sang Baciwa-PrimeWater batuk sa reinstatement order nga nagapabalik sa 59 ka mga anay empleyado sang Baciwa sa trabaho.Nobyembre 4 sang nabaton sang katapo sang Baciwa Employees Union ang decision nga ginpirmahan ni CSC regional director Nelson Sarmiento.May kinse dias pa nga ginhatag sa tagdumalahan sang Baciwa-PrimeWater para ma-remedyohan ang nag-gwa nga desisyon, pero nagalaum ang pamuno sang BEU nga kuntani ipatuman na lang ang mando agud nga makabalik na sila sa ubra antes sang bulan sang paskwa.Kaina isa man ka rally sa atubang sang compound sang water utility firm ang gin-updan sang grupo kag katapo sang Amlig Tubig.Kabahin sa nangin panawagan nila ang pagbali...

Nov122021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

3 ka flights pa Bacolod madayon na sa Lunes pero indi pa mahibaluan tubtob san-o

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Sumugod Lunes, sa kada adlaw may tatlo na ka mga flights gikan sa Manila padulong sa Bacolod.Suno kay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, ini ang ginkasugtan na niila sa tagdumalahan sang Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air kag Air Asia.Paathag sang gobernador wala sang petsa kun tubtob ini san-o bangud maga depende ang tanan sa alert level sang probinsya.Ang pagdugang sang flights sabat man sa pagdamo sang pasahero karon kasubong man ang gina paabot pa gid nga pag damo sang mga naga biyahe tuga sang holidays.Nagakasayuran suno kay lacson nga sumugod sa Lunes may 21 ka mga flights padulong Bacolod sa isa ka semana. Kun mahal man sa karon ang plete sa regular flights, suno kay Lacson ginpasalig naman siya sang airline companies nga mapanubo ini.Nagapabilin ...

Nov122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod confident 100% of target population vaxxed by December

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LCC-B photoBacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said on Friday, November 12, that he is confident the city government will meet its goal to inoculate 100 percent of its target population by December 2021.Leonardia cited the assessment of the Department of Health in Western Visayas echoed by Regional Director Adriano Suba-an, who congratulated the mayor Thursday when he paid him a courtesy visit because Bacolod has already posted a 50 percent vaccination rate."We are on our way to herd immunity," said Leonardia, who joined frontliners from the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force and COVID-19 Vaccination Council, both headed by Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang, and the City Health Office led by officer-in-charge Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr., during the Vac-to-School campaign to administ...

Nov122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod’s anti-COVID campaign lauded by DOH Western Visayas

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City PIO photoThe Department of Health in Western Visayas lauded Bacolod City's anti-COVID-19 campaign, and commended the local government's strategies that resulted to the control of the virus' spread.Dr. Adriano Suba-an, DOH regional director, congratulated Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia for leading the charge as the city continues its battle against the health crisis, a press release from the Bacolod City Public Information Office said."I want to personally say thank you and congratulate Mayor Bing Leonardia and the (Emergency Operations Center-Task Force) team for a job well done. It takes a community to fight this virus," Suba-an, who called on the mayor Thursday evening at the Bacolod City Government Center, said.The city's isolation and quarantine protocols, vaccinat...