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Negros Occidental board member and EB Magalona Mayor David Lacson was “a good public servant and was loved by many. His brand of generosity will be missed”, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said Sunday, December 5.The 46-year-old former board member succumbed to COVID-19 at the Riverside Medical Center in Bacolod City, Friday, December 3.His sudden death “came as a shock to everyone last Friday night,” the governor said.“Just when the numbers of COVID cases are decreasing, we hear this sad news. This again, is a reminder to everyone to remain vigilant in protecting ourselves against COVID-19,” he said.The governor expressed his sympathies to the family of the former board member.United Negros Alliance (UNegA) colleagues of the former board member Saturday, December 4, also ...

It looks like the United Negros Alliance will not be supporting a single candidate for president in the 2022 elections.While it is likely that Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, UNegA president, will be supporting the presidential bid of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., there are also other officials who are backing Vice President Leni Robredo for president, Cadiz Mayor Salvador Escalante, UNegA secretary general, said Sunday, December 5.The UNegA members held their general assembly at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City on Saturday but did not tackle whom they will support for president.It is too early for UNegA to decide but his leanings are towards Marcos who is close not only to him but to the Benedicto family, Ferrer said.Ferrer is marrie...

Mayor Marxlen dela Cruz said the contracts of all unvaccinated job order casuals in Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) town will not be renewed effective January 1, 2022.Only fully vaccinated persons will be allowed in the town’s public markets starting January 1, he also said Saturday, December 4.Dela Cruz said 98 percent of the town's about 150 job order casuals have already been vaccinated.Mayor Richard Jaojoco also announced on Sunday that all Toboso local government employees starting December 16 will be required to present vaccination cards or negative RT-PCR test results for work.Dela Cruz said DSB’s tourism destinations are open to the public but they are ensuring that all guests practice minimum health protocols against COVID-19.“Let us not let our guards down becaus...

Capitol file photoThe Department of Health is coordinating with the manufacturer of AstraZeneca vaccines to determine if those that recently expired have an extension on their shelf life and can still be used, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday, December 3.The Negros Occidental provincial government was not able to utilize 14,620 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that it received from the national government in November because they were nearing expiration and local government units did not want to accept them, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Thursday.Their expiration date was November 30.Vergeire said the 14,620 doses are being stored under definite guidelines to ensure their efficacy should the manufacturer state that there is an extensio...