Tag: Negros Island
Ejercito pledges to back restoration of NIR, too
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito who is seeking a return to the Senate in the 2022 elections pledged to support the call for the restoration of the Negros Island Region.Ejercito, who met with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer at the Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, December 1, said the two are strongly endorsing his reelection bid.Ejercito said his mother, former San Juan mayor Guia Gomez, is from the province and he is committed to support the needs of Negrenses in the Senate. He pointed out that he supported the passage of the Sugar Industry Development Act in the Senate.He said he is running for senator to oversee the full implementation of two landmark laws that he authored – the Universal Health Care Act and the creatio...
Negros tops Western Visayas vax drive, Bacolod surpasses target
The COVID-19 vaccination drive at SM City in Bacolod City Monday, November 29, Ronnie Baldonado photoNegros Occidental vaccinated 70,663 residents against COVID-19 making it the topnotcher in Western Visayas (WV) as the National Vaccination Days kicked off on Monday, November 29, a Department of Health (DOH) report showed.Negros Occidental also topped its new daily target of 50,000 set for the three-day drive, the DOH said.Bacolod City surpassed its 22,057 daily target by vaccinating 29,047 residents on Monday, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force said.Ang said Bacolod City administered 18,881 first and second jabs on adults, 4,357 on minors, and 4,357 booster shots.In Negros Occidental, Bago City vaccinated the most number of...
