Mayor Evelio Leonardia celebrates Bacolod’s winning the Most Business-Friendly LGU award at the Bacolod City Government Center on Thursday, November 18.*Archie Alipalo photo
COVID-19 booster shots for health care workers in Bacolod City hospitals began Wednesday, November 17, while those for seniors will start before the end of the month.The government is aiming to launch the booster vaccination for senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals before December, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said.“The booster dose protocols for health care workers are different than those of the immunocompromised, so once that is out we can already start maybe even next week. The earliest is next week and the latest is on the National Vaccination Days,” he said.The National Vaccination Days are set from November 29 to December 1.Em Ang, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director, said Moderna vaccines were given to hospitals in Bacolo...
The use of face shields will remain mandatory in some areas of Bacolod City, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said in Executive Order No. 54, Series of 2021.Leonardia, in his EO released Wednesday, November 17, said in compliance with the memorandum of the Office of the President, the use of face shields in Bacolod City that is under Alert Level 2 will be voluntary or optional in public places.However, there will be continuing mandatory use of face shields in areas declared to be under granular lockdown, and in healthcare, medical or quarantine facilities, he said.Leonardia said with the optional use of face shields, Bacolod residents are still encouraged to continue to observe minimum public health standards while participating in the widespread immunization program of the city governme...
PDEA photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said bus operations between Negros Occidental and Oriental may resume before the end of the week.“What is important is that we have the same protocols as Negros Oriental considering that we are now under the same alert level,” he said.The National Inter-Agency Task Force has placed the two Negros provinces under COVID-19 Alert Level No. 2 until November 30.“We are considering opening up borders, we just have to decide which borders to open….We would like to settle this issue as soon as possible,” Lacson said.Lacson said if Negros Occidental can come into an agreement with Negros Oriental they are ready to reopen the borders before the end of the week.They will see if it is feasible to require travelers between the two provinces to ...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, November 17, approved the bill authored by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya that will provide free mental health services in state universities and colleges (SUCs).Voting 201-0-0, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading House Bill 10284, otherwise known as the proposed State Universities and Colleges Mental Health Service Act, Gasataya said.“We are hoping that this bill helps save lives and eliminates a barrier to learning through lightening the mental and emotional toll of our students who are under a lot of pressure, especially now with the pandemic at hand,” he said.The bill mandates the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to require all SUCs to establish a mental health office in all their campuses.The office...
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtK3ZE7DWA&live=1[/embedyt]Kadam-an sa mga nagalinya sa mga vaccination area sa mall ang makit-an nga wala na nagasuksok sang faceshield kaina sang aga.Suno sa tagdumalahan sang SM City Mall kag Ayala Mall Capitol Central pagsunod ini sa presidential memorandum kag executive order angut sa boluntaryo nga pag-suksok sang faceshield sa mga lugar nga napaidalom sa alert level 3 panubo.Ang Bacolod ang yara sa alert level 2.Pero bisan pa ginkakas na ang pagsulundan angut sa mandatory use of faceshield may yara sa gihapon sang mga indibidwal nga nagasuksok sang faceshield, ilabi na mga empleyado sang mall kag security personnel nga yara sa mga entrance area.Ang katapo sang Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry upod sa ma...
Mas nagsanag liwat ang 3rd floor sang SM City Mall sa pagbukas sang mga amusement arcade.Gani makit-an man ang pagbalik sang mga menor de edad sa mga mall.Ginpasiguro sang mall management nga nag-agi sa inspection ang mga amusement arcade agud mapasiguro ang pagpatuman sang minimum health protocol.Ginahanda naman sang tagdumahalan sang pila pa ka mall ang pagbukas sang amusement areas.Sa idalom sang alert level 2 ginapahanugutan na ang pag-operate sang amusement arcade kag bisan ang pagsulod sang mga magagmay nga kabataan sa mall.Butang nga ginakabalak-an naman sang katapo sang Emergency Operations Center bangud kadam-an sa mga naga-edad dise siete anyos panubo ang wala pa mabakunahan.Hugot nila nga ginapangabay sa mga ginikanan nga kuntani hagan-haganon lang anay a...