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Photo of the Day (November 26, 2021)
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson joins the mass COVID-19 vaccination drive for minors at Magikland in Silay City, Friday, November 26.*Capitol photo
Bacolod S-PaSS unrestricted, approval immediate, Ang says
The S-PaSS application for travelers bound for Bacolod City is now unrestricted.That means they can directly apply through Bacolod City at https://s-pass.ph and will immediately be granted an S-PaSS, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Thursday, November 24.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.The city government earlier said applying for an S-PaSS was no longer required. The Negros Occidental provincial government, however, said all incoming passengers, including those bound for Bacolod, would be required to obtain an S-PaSS prior to arrival at the Bacolod Silay Airport as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia ...
Diaz: Capitol denies Orola S-PaSS for ‘fake’ address
The Negros Occidental provincial government denied the approval of the S-PaSS application of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola because it contained a “fake” address, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, November 25.In his S-PaSS application Orola placed his destination as Silay City, Negros Occidental, and his destination barangay as Silay Airport instead of his real address, Diaz said.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.“We did not approve Orola’s application because he placed a fake address,” Diaz said.Orola said his secretary had filled out the form for his S-PaSS application and placed Silay as the address because that is where the airport it.However, he no longer needs an S-PaSS f...
2 Negrenses in top 10 of CE Licensure exam
Two Negrenses are topnotchers in the 2021 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday, November 25.Charlene Grace Varrera Gelotin of the University of Negros Occidental was in second place with a score of 92.75 percent, and Sirgie Lowell Alegro Rufo of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State College in Talisay City was in sixth place with a score of 91.50 percent.The PRC said 2,374 out of 6,474 passed the examination.The PRC conducted the first Civil Engineering licensure examination on November 14 and 15, in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legaspi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.*
Bacolod cops seize P2M in drugs, high-value drug suspect falls
BCPO photoPolice operatives recovered P2.04 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value target during a buy-bust operation Thursday night, November 25, in Barangay 16, Bacolod City.Nabbed was 35-year-old Lester Tindoc.Recovered from his possession was P3,000 in cash, 23 plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 30 grams and worth P2.04 million, and a sling bag.The suspect is now detained at Police Station 1 and will face drug charges.*
66,171 target for vaccination in 3 days difficult to hit: Ang
Photo from Em Ang FB pageThe Bacolod City government is unlikely to hit the Department of Health target for it to vaccinate 66,171 persons in three days but will try its very best to inoculate as many persons as it can, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Thursday, November 25.The target set by the DOH is for the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Covid-19 Vaccination Days” from November 29 to December 1.Ang said they cannot hit the target of 22,000 vaccinees a day, the city vaccination drive is averaging 6,000 to 7,000 a day, with the highest number in a single day at 13,420.However, she said mass mobilization is under way to ensure that more residents submit themselves for vaccination during those three days.*
Minor stabbed dead
Police Station 8 photoA 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a fellow teenager outside a computer shop in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, Wednesday night, November 24.Based on the initial investigation, the 18-year-old suspect identified by the police as Edmon Obregon waited for the victim to come out of the computer shop and stabbed him.The minor-victim tried to get away, but he was overpowered by the suspect, who stabbed him multiple times with an ice pick.The victim was rushed to the South Bacolod General Hospital where he expired.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 commander, said the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding between the two teenagers.The 18-year-old suspect later surrendered to the police.*
Seda lights up Christmas tree as hotel business picks up
Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City lights up its Christmas tree Thursday night.*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe hotel business in Bacolod is picking up with the downgrading of the city’s COVID-19 status to Alert Level 2.Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City kicked off the holiday season on an upbeat note with the lighting of its Christmas tree Thursday night, November 25.“The lighting of the Christmas tree is a message of hope not only for our guests but for everyone,” Seda Capitol Central manager Kim Guimba said.Lighting the tree will spark that hope that things will be better, he said.He said at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic their hotel business drastically suffered but with the city now under Alert Level 2 it has been picking up, he saidIn November, ...