Tag: Bacolod
Duterte places WV, 5 other regions under state of calamity for 1 year
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President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the entire Western Visayas and five other regions under a state of calamity for one year after Typhoon Odette “caused widespread devastation and damages.”
Also declared under a state of calamity are regions IV-B, VII, VIII, X, and XIII effective Tuesday, December 21.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod also approved a resolution Wednesday afternoon, December 22, placing Bacolod City under a state of calamity following the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, Councilor Renecito Novero said.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia had forwarded a City Development Council resolution to the SP requesting the declaration of a state of calamity and to accept offers of national and international assistance based on need, he said.
The typhoon aff...
Baligyaan sang mga palupok sa Bacolod nagsugod na sa pagbukas, iban na delay bangud sang bagyo
Baligyaan sang mga palupok bukas na sa Bacolod. Pero may iban pa nga wala makasugod bangud sang Bagyo Odette.
Sang Lunes pa kuntani sugod ang pagbaligya sang mga palupok sa Reclamation Area nga amo ang designated area sa Bacolod para baligyaan sang palupok kag pyrotechnics.
Ugaling pila sa mga baligyaan ang ginakaayo pa bangud naguba sang Bagyo Odette.
Sa 62 ka baligyaan may masobra pa lang ang nakabaligya sang makakuha man sang permit.
Malaka pa ang mga bumalakal pero ginalauman sang mga magagmay nga negosyante sang palupok nga makabawi sila antes sang adlaw sang pagsug alaw sang bag ong tuig.
Colorless aid
Help for those affected by Typhoon Odette has been pouring in the province, particularly in southern Negros that was severely beaten by the storm.
It took a day for everyone to realize the devastation it caused, particularly in Kabankalan City, and three more days to discover the extent of destruction it also caused in other LGUs further down south, particularly in Sipalay City which has the highest death toll.
I’m not new to disasters and have covered many through the years as a reporter on the ground. You view it with a different lens, trying to stay stoic even while looking at the tragic scene around you, in your attempt to get the figures and report it back immediately.
Last Sunday, the experience was different. I joined Rotarians from Negros deliver aid to affected areas...
Bacolod now under state of calamity
The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved a resolution Wednesday afternoon, December 22, placing Bacolod City under a state of calamity following the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, Councilor Renecito Novero said.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia had forwarded a City Development Council resolution to the SP requesting the declaration of a state of calamity and to accept offers of national and international assistance based on need, he said.
The typhoon affected 57 of 61 Bacolod barangays.
Houses destroyed were 745 and damaged were 8,309, city government data on Wednesday showed.*
Add’l budget for Bacolod hospital, coliseum road ‘done deal’: Migz
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Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri pledged an additional P200 million budget for the construction of the Bacolod City General Hospital and road construction for the coliseum and museum Wednesday, December 22.
Zubiri, who met with Mayor Evelio Leonardia to turn over 100 sacks of rice for the victims of Super Typhoon Odette, said the extra fund is separate from the P400 million that was set for the construction of the hospital in Barangay Vista Alegre.
“I told Mayor Bing to use me as a tool to get projects and programs. Not only do we have the coliseum, we also have the hospital. It is a done deal and it is in the budget. I have fulfilled my commitment to you. We only need the implementation,” Zubiri said.
Zubiri’s arrival at the Bacolod Government Center coincided...
‘Bacolod most competitive LGU in Western Visayas’
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Bacolod City has been named the Most Competitive Local Government Unit in Western Visayas.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the new achievement by the city was announced earlier this week, adding that it is a very positive way to cap the year 2021 and usher in a more vibrant and dynamic Bacolod economy in 2022, a Bacolod Public Information Office press release said Wednesday, December 21.
Bacolod topped three of four pillars of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index set by the Department of Trade and Industry to bring home the award.
The city government was also adjudged Most Competitive City for the entire Visayas in 2019 by the DTI.
The CMCI is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Counci...
Fully vaxxed Bacolodnons can now avail of booster shots after 3 months
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Fully-vaccinated Bacolodnons need not have to wait for six months to get a booster shot.
Dr. Edwin Miraflor Jr., officer-in-charge of the Bacolod City Health Office, said the Department of Health has issued a revised interval schedule, saying that fully-inoculated residents can get a booster dose three months after completing their two-dose vaccination.
Miraflor said that all adults aged 18-and-above are now eligible to receive a single-dose of Covid-19 vaccine at least three months after completing their primary dose of either AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer-BioNtech, Sinovac or Sputnik vaccine.
Those administered with the single-shot Johnson and Johnson are qualified to get a booster after two months.
The new guideline, which follows the amended Emergency Use ...
Nagdagsa ang bangrus sa dalan matapos ang baha sa Ilog
Sa Good Vibes, kun sang Sabado nagbaha ang tahong sa baybayon sang Valladolid bangud sang bagyo, sa Andulauan sa Ilog naman, bangrus ang nag dagsa pagkatapos sang pagbaha.
Sa post ni Chester Keith Cabreros nga nataga Andulauan, indi na bag-o sa ila ang pag dagsa sa mga bangrus kay man sa kada pag baha ini ang isa sa ila nga gina hulat.
Makit-an sa video nga mansig pangsikop sang bangrus ang mga pumuluyo. Ang iban may dala nga mga labador kag palareho man nga naga enjoy.
Suno kay Keith ang iban tunga gani sa sako ang makuha. May mga naga konsumo ang makuha nga mga bangrus ang iban naman gina baligya. 20 pesos suno sa iya ang bilog sang gin pakas ang iban 60 pesos ang baligya sang kilo sang lab-as.
Madamo nag kuha suno kay Keith bangud sang pag-awas sang mga punong sa lugar....
P1.5M nga balor sang grand prize sa pa-raffle ihatag ni anay Cong. Benitez sa mga nahalitan sang bagyo
House and lot nga kuntani premyo sa pa raffle sa kaadlawan ni anay congressman Albee Benitez gin kansela. Tigaylo ang pondo ang gamiton na lang para ibulig sa mga nahalitan sang Bagyo Odette.
Gin cancel ang virtual gathering sang mga supporters sa selebrasyon sang kaadlawan ni anay congressman Albee Benitez kagab-i.
Bangud man sang problema sa internet connection wala man matigayon ang pa raffle. Gani sa baylo nga ihatag ang house and lot nga grand prize para sa iya mga supporters, nagdesisyon si Benitez nga gamiton na lamang ang kapin uno punto sinko milyones pesos nga balor sang grand prize para mabuligan ang nahalitan sang Bagyo Odette.
Suno sa iya labaw sa pagpalipay sa kuntani makabaton sang duta kag balay ang tuyo niya nga mapalab-ot ang ayuda sa mga yadtong nawad-an sa...
Linibo nga nagub-an sang balay tuga sang bagyo nagalaum makabaton sang ayuda
Naguba ang balay ni Jonie Daulong sang matumbahan sang puno sang doldol sang magwaswas ang Bagyo Odette sa Barangay Estefania sa Bacolod.
Siya upod sa iya asawa kag duha ka mga kabataan ang temporaryo nga naga istar sa balay sang iya utod.
Nagalaum siya nga kuntani makabaton man sang ayuda agud bisan paano mapakaayo niya ang iya balay.
Ang balay ni Daulong ang kabahin sa masobra tres mil sais shientos ka mga puluy an sa Bacolod nga partially damaged sandig man sa record sang DRRMO.
May sais mil sais shientos pa ang partially damaged. Plano ni Mayor Evelio Leonardia nga magdeklarar sang state of calamity agud man mabuligan ang mga nagub-an sang balay kag iban pa nga nahalitan sang bagyo.
Ginalauman sang alkalde nga ini ang gilayon nga mapasar sang katapo sang Sangguniang...
Dako pa nga portion sang southern Negros ang wala sang tubig kag kuryente
May nubentay uno porsyiento na nga nabalik ang supply sang kuryente sa northern Negros matapos ang bagyo.
Sandig sa record sang Northern Negros Electric Cooperative ukon NONECO halos nabalik na ang power supply sa mga banwa kag siudad sa northern Negros.
Suno kay NONECO general manager Atty. Dan Pondevilla, 20 sa beinte dos ka mga feeders nga na energize na.
Pero may barangay pa sa siudad sang San Carlos kag banwa sang calatrava ang wala pa sang power supply.
Ginatinguhaan man sang Central Negros Electric Cooperative nga ma amat amat balik ang supply sang kuryente bisan madamo pa sa mga dalan sa mga kabarangayan ang indi maagyan
Bangud sang mga natumba nga puno sang kahoy nga wala ma mautod kag mahimos.
Malapit na sa otsenta porsyiento ang na-energize sang CENECO.
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BBM, Sara deliver P2M in aid for typhoon victims
Vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Silay Mayor Mark Golez (l-r) during the turnover of the relief assistance at the Bacolod Silay Airport.*CPG photo
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his runningmate Sara Duterte Carpio delivered P2 million worth of assistance to Typhoon “Odette” victims in Negros Occidental on Monday, December 20.
Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said they brought P1 million worth of rice and P1 million in canned goods for the typhoon victims in the fifth and sixth districts of Negros Occidental that were the worst hit areas in the province.
He said 2,000 bags of additional aid for typhoon victims from Marcos and Carpio will also arrive on Wednesday, December 22.
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