Digicast Negros X (November 1, 2021)
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Tag: Bacolod
Globe completes sites upgrades, expands 5G coverage in Bacolod
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...
Overwhelming votes will make cheating in 2022 hard: Diokno
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...
Huge pink welcome set for Leni on Nov. 5 – LLNO
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 ...
12 ka mga persona nagkaladakpan nagabulang sa isa ka puluy-an sa Brgy. Taculing sa All Saints Day
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkZcv7Wi8_g&live=1[/embedyt]Nagpuhag ang pila ka mga kalalakin-an sang ginsulod sang katapo sang Police Station 6 ang isa ka puluy-an nga gina-alegar ginabulangan sa 5th Road sa Barangay Taculing sa Bacolod sini nga aga.Kadam-an sa ila nagtalalaklas sa atop agud makapalagyo.Pero dose ang natigayon nga nadakpan. Pila sa ila mga pangayaw sa lugar.Narekober man sa sulod sang compound ang pito ka mga inugbulang nga manok,duha diri ang patay na.
Bacolod appeals Alert Level 4 status; guv places Negros Occidental on Alert Level 2
City PIO photoMayor Evelio Leonardia announced on Sunday, October 31, that he has asked the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases to downgrade Bacolod City’s Alert Level 4 status to Alert Level 3 effective Monday, November 1.Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, on the other hand, has issued an executive order placing Negros Occidental under Alert Level 2 from November 1 to 14.Leonardia, in a letter to Health Secretary Franciso Duque III, IATF chairman, Friday, October 29, appealing for the downgrade said there is a significant reduction of COVID-19 cases in the city to reasonably loosen restrictions in order for Bacolod residents to resume earning activities.Under the COVID-19 alert level system, Level 4 refers to areas where case counts are high or increa...
‘1,500-strong Libertad market vendors go for 14-0 GP sweep’
City PIO photoIt was "Red Shirt Day" at the Libertad Public Market last Saturday, Oct. 30.The more than 1,500-strong Libertad Market Vendors Association and the Amelia Mercedes Vendors Association gave the Mayor Evelio Leonardia-led Grupo Progreso a big boost as fish, vegetable and fruit traders, all clad in red shirts, endorsed the 14-member GP slate because of their proven leadership that paved the way for the continued growth of Bacolod City, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Occide said Sunday.Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, incumbent Councilors Cindy Rojas, Renecito Novero, Archie Baribar, Dindo Ramos, Carl Lopez and Israel Salanga as well as former Councilor Em Ang, Ed Guillem, Marlon Solidum, Jonathan Diaz, Dr. Chris Sorongon and Cashmere Monta...
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 ...
Photo of the Day (October 31, 2021)
The Panaad Stadium rubberized track oval in Bacolod City has been remodeled from red to blue.*Ronnie Baldonado photo
