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Oct312021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Bacolod tops nationwide Pediatric A3 vax campaign

City PIO photoBacolod City had the highest number of teeners inoculated nationwide in a single venue during the maiden run of the Pediatric A3 vaccination program on Friday, Oct. 29.Official data from the Department of Health provided by the City Emergency Operations Center-Task Force showed that Bacolod's COVID-19 Vaccination Council had administered Pfizer vaccines to 266 minors, who have co-morbidities, EOC-TF Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang said Sunday, October 31.The vaccinees were aged 12 to 17.Ang is also the CoVAC coordinator.The national government pilot-tested the Pediatric A3 program in Metro Manila two weeks ago and launched the nationwide drive late last week.Mayor Evelio Leonardia led the initial Pediatric A3 vaccination rollout at Riverside College ...

Nov12021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

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Oct312021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Photo of the Day (October 31, 2021)

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The Panaad Stadium rubberized track oval in Bacolod City has been remodeled from red to blue.*Ronnie Baldonado photo

Nov12021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Globe completes sites upgrades, expands 5G coverage in Bacolod

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Globe completed the site upgrades of its 3G legacy network to 4G LTE in Bacolod City, Boracay, Iloilo City and Cagayan de Oro as of September 2021, resulting in the improved mobile experience of its customers.Globe also installed 5G towers in these key areas, including favorite tourist destinations in Malay, Aklan. 180 site upgrades have been completed in Cagayan de Oro and now has 5G coverage in 30 key locations all over the city, a press release from the firm said Sunday.In Bacolod City, Globe has expanded 84 sites and built 13 5G towers while in Iloilo City, 111 sites were upgraded and 11 locations are now covered by 5G.In Boracay, the company has modernized its 32 sites in Balabag, Manoc-Manoc and Yapak. 5G coverage is also now present in the three barangays with Manoc-Mano...

Oct302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod, Negros Oriental on Alert Level 4, for special monitoring – IATF

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The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed Bacolod City and Negros Oriental under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 from November 1 to 14, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday, October 29.Alert Level 4 refers to areas where case counts are high or increasing, and where the total bed and intensive care unit utilization rate is high, the IATF said.Meanwhile, the IATF placed Negros Occidental under Alert Level 2.Bacolod City and Negros Oriental, along with Aurora and Davao Occidental that are under the highest alert level of four have been tagged as areas for special monitoring, Roque said.Em Ang, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director, said under Alert Level 4 all minors cannot go out. Under the previou...

Nov12021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Overwhelming votes will make cheating in 2022 hard: Diokno

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Senatorial candidate Chel Diokno in a Zoom townhall meeting with Negrense multi-sectoral leaders Saturday evening, October 30.*Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, who is running for senator under the ticket of presidential aspirant Leni Robredo, said it will be difficult for the opposition to be cheated if they get overwhelming votes in the 2022 elections.“The more overwhelming the vote is, the harder it will be to cheat,” he said.Diokno was reacting to concern that the majority of the Commission on Elections commissioners has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte.In the race for the presidency with a four or five cornered fight, every vote will really make a difference, said Diokno, who serves as chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) and is the founding dea...

Oct292021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

P240,000 nga balor sang shabu nakuha sa buybust operation sa Brgy. Mansilingan sa Bacolod

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Rods Palma photoMalapit P240,000 nga balor sang shabu na kuha sa buybust sa Barangay Mansilingan sa Bacolod City.Arestado ang duha ka persona matapos makuhaan sang masobra 200 mil pesos nga balor sang suspected shabu sa joint buybust operation sang PNP kagabi sa Purok Hermilinda Homes sa Brgy Mansilingan.Gindakop sanday Richard Hofilena kag Kerlyn De Asis.Pito ka dalagko nga sachet sang ginapatihan shabu, nga naga balor 238,000 pesos ang na kuha sang PNP sa mga suspek.Kaso nga paglapas sa RA 9165 ang ipasaka batuk sa ila.

Oct302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros, Bacolod vaccinate 285 Pediatric A3 minors

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Pediatric A3 vaccination at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez, Mayor Mark Golez and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz at the launching of the Pediatric A3 drive at Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoCity PIO photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City vaccinated 285 minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 years old, under the Pediatric A3 category, against COVID-19 on Friday, October 29.In Bacolod, 208 were vaccinated at the Riverside College, Em Legaspi Ang, City Emergency Operations Center executive director, said.At the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City 77 minors with comorbidities from various parts of Negros Occidental were vaccinated, Dr....

Nov12021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Huge pink welcome set for Leni on Nov. 5 – LLNO

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Preparations are underway for the visit of Vice President Leni Robredo to Negros*Vice President Leni Robredo is coming to town and the next wave of the Pink Revolution is on, organizers said Monday, November 1.Volunteer groups and supporters of the Vice President are set to give her a huge welcome when she visits Negros Occidental on November 5.Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO), one of the major volunteer groups involved in the preparations, will stage a “highway welcome” for the Vice President – a stationary caravan which was earlier set to reach Bacolod but will now cover only the cities of Talisay and Silay due to ECQ restrictions.The National Inter-Agency Task Force placed Bacolod under Alert Level 4 effective Nov. 1-14, forcing organizers, in view of the prohibition ...