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Bacolod, Negros Occidental waiting for booster shots’ green light
PHO photoThe Bacolod City and Negros Occidental governments are waiting for the green light from the national government to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots for healthcare workers and senior citizens.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, October 25, that the Negros Occidental provincial government is ready to administer the booster shots as soon as it gets the green light to do so.“I hope it will be supported also by more vaccines,” he said.Lacson said they are also waiting for the green light for the vaccination of minors.Bacolod City is ready to administer the booster shorts but has not received an advisory from the national government yet, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical data and analysis, also said Monday.Sorongon ...
Voters’ registration final week kicks off at USLS Coliseum
The final week for the registration of voters for the 2022 elections in Bacolod City is being held at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City, Election Officer Katrina Trinio Caña said Monday, October 25.The satellite registration at the USLS Coliseum started Monday and will end on October 30, she said.Registration is being held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.They can accommodate 350 walk-in registrants, and 100 in the priority lane, Caña said.If there are additional people who arrive at the priority lane they can also accommodate them if there is time left, she saidThe priority lane is for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and pregnant women.There was a long line of people who lined up to register at the USLS Coliseum on Monday.For a more ...
PRO-6 warns public vs. bogus RT-PCR tests
DRRMO photoThe Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) is warning the public against presenting fake reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results in order to travel.Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, PRO-6 spokesperson based in Iloilo City, said Monday, October 25, that passengers travelling with fake RT-PCR test results may face charges if they are caught.Passengers must make sure that their tests were conducted by legitimate medical institutions, he said.Passengers must not fall victim to unscrupulous individuals selling negative RT-PCR tests result certifications, without undergoing swab tests, he added.Solis said that both passengers and institutions selling fake RT-PCR tests will face charges.In August, the provincial government had intercepted inbound tra...
DOLE-6 ready to assist discriminated workers
DOLE-6 photoThe Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas said it is ready to assist unvaccinated workers who experience discrimination in their workplace.DOLE-6 regional director Sixto Rodriguez Jr., in a media interview Friday, October 22, said that the public “can call me or visit the office” if they experience such discrimination.However, he urged workers in the private sector to have themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 to “ensure a healthy workplace and for the safety of their families.”But he reminded employers to prohibit discrimination against those who fail to get vaccinated.He clarified that his office has yet to receive any complaints of discrimination against unvaccinated workers."This shows that the employers and the employees understand ...
PDEA dismantles drug den, nabs 5 suspects
PDEA photoFive suspects were arrested during a buy-bust operation at a suspected drug den at Purok Tunay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City Sunday afternoon, October 24.Nabbed were suspected drug maintainer Jun Occillo Jr., whose activities were reported through Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s “Isumbong Mo Kay Wilkins” hotline, Enrique “King” Cantalao, Arnulfo “Paps” Filoteo Jr., Kermit Aldober, and Reynald “Biboy” Binarao.The drug sting operation was conducted by the joint operatives of PDEA Negros Occidental, PDEA-6 Seaport Interdiction Unit, and Bacolod Police Station 2.Confiscated from the suspects were several sachets of shabu weighing around 15 grams and worth P102,000, improvised tooters, disposable lighters, cigarette case, cutters, scissors, and the buy-bust money....
Do well and you’ll go places, mayor tells college students
City PIO photoBacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia urged Mansilingan college students on Sunday, October 24, to do their best in school as this will be their ticket for a better future."Do well in school and you will go places," Leonardia was quoted as saying in a Bacolod Public Information Office press release.Leonardia made the remarks as he led officials during the turnover of educational assistance to 60 college students residing in Barangay Mansilingan, at a program held at the Mansilingan Agro-Industrial High School.The release of the financial aid, which was sourced from the barangay funds, was facilitated by the Sangguniang Kabataan of Mansilingan, led by chairperson Fercy Lyn Almaiz.Each of the 60 student-recipients received P2,000 under the SK-led program. This was ...
500 vehicles join pink caravan, Leni overwhelmed by support
Caravan participants were reminded to observe Covid-19 health protocols*Pedicabs joined the Para kay Leni caravan.*Nic Ledesma photoThe billboard at Araneta Street in Bacolod City.* Nic Ledesma photoDrumbeaters and MassKara dancers added to the festive air during the "Para kay Leni" caravan on Saturday, October 23.*CPG photoAbout 500 vehicles joined a festive one-hour “Para kay Leni” pink caravan in support of presidential candidate Leni Robredo, that included MassKara dancers and drumbeaters on the back of pickups, in Bacolod City Saturday morning, October 23.Caravans in support of Robredo were held in Bacolod City and in about 25 other provinces and cities in the country on Saturday.“Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts”, Robredo said in response.“I am co...
Duterte removes Cano from drug watch list
Ricardo “Cano” Tan at a press conference at his Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City on Saturday, October 23.*CPG photoFormer Councilor Ricardo “Cano” Tan on Saturday, October 23, thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for clearing him from the drug watch list.Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, in a memorandum order dated Aug. 11, 2021, certified that Tan was “removed/delisted from the Inter-Agency Drug Information database under the recommendation, review, evaluation, and management of Inter-Agency Drug Information Database Committee and approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte through a memorandum dated July 31, 2021”.Tan, who received a copy of the certification recently said the certification said it is the "closure to a bad dream.”“Today marks my ...
More Moderna vaccines arrive, Negros has 15 new Covid deaths
CAAP Bacolod photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City received more vaccines on Friday, October 22, to boost the intensified campaigns against COVID-19.The Moderna vaccines arrived at the Bacolod-Silay Airport via Philippine Airlines.Bacolod City received 7,400 doses and Negros Occidental got 66,000 doses from the Department of Health.Meanwhile, the COVID -19 active cases in Negros Occidental have slightly dropped below the 4,000 mark.The province had 3,948 active COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported on Friday.Negros Occidental’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 1,132.The Department of Health reported 123 new COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental and 46 in Bacolod City on Friday.Bacolod City has 1,697 active COVID-19 c...