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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...

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...

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 ...

City PIO photoThe Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF), led by the Extraction Cluster, conducted Night Simulation Exercises for the extraction of hotel guests with COVID-19, at Park Inn by Radisson Thursday, Oct. 28.Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who witnessed the simulation exercises, said the hotel management informed him they are planning to do similar simulation exercises quarterly, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said Saturday, October 30.“I’m happy that Park Inn by Radisson made an effort to do this exercises. This is a simulation in which the hotel should be able to perform careful and certain procedures to avoid any contamination if there’s a COVID-19 positive guest in the hotel,” Leonardia said.Supervising the simulation ...