Tag: Negros news

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

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...

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros, Bacolod to stay under AL2 until Dec. 15

Top Stories

Negros Occidental and Oriental, and Bacolod City will remain under Alert Level 2 from December 1 to 15, Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced Monday, November 29.The rest of Western Visayas will also remain under Alert Level 2.The threat of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, although it has not been detected in the Philippines yet, was taken into account in determining the alert levels, Nograles, who is also acting presidential spokesman, said.The Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday."If another major surge of Covid-19 takes place driven by Omicron, consequences may be severe," WHO said."Increasing cases, regardless of a change in sev...

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘Some Capitol workers, about 20% of Negrenses hesitant to get vaxxed’

Top Stories

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said there are still some provincial government employees and a little more than 20 percent of Negros Occidental’s population who are still hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Lacson said he is still determining how many provincial government employees have not been vaccinated and they will try to convince them to get inoculated.However, he will issue an executive order to make it mandatory for all provincial government employees to get vaccinated if he sees that it is necessary, Lacson said.Renelo Lastierre, Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees president, said PACE welcomes the vaccination of government workers as a preventive measure to protect their health.“In these worst times, it’s better to be prepared,” he said.Respect for th...

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

100 beds designated for Covid patients at Cadiz hospital – guv

Top Stories

Capitol photoThe Cadiz District Hospital will be the lone COVID-19 designated center of Negros Occidental starting December because the number of coronavirus-hit Negrenses has gone down, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, November 29.However, if a new surge happens causing the number of COVID-19 patients to increase again the provincial government is ready to designate more hospitals for them, he said.Lacson said the 100-bed new wing of the Cadiz District Hospital will be designated for COVID patients, while the main building will be accepting patients with other ailments.The Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital inHimamaylan City and the Valladolid District Hospital in Valladolid town that were designated COVID-19 centers are reverting back to regular hos...

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol vax incentive free Mambukal entry

Top Stories

The Negros Occidental provincial government is providing another incentive for fully vaccinated individuals.They will be allowed entry into the Mambukal Resort in Murcia for free when it reopens to local tourists in December, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The offer for free entry to fully vaccinated individuals starting from age 12 will be available for two weeks, or until further notice, he said.Children under 12 years old who are not covered by the vaccination drive yet will also be allowed in with their parents, he said.Those who wish to avail of the offer need to preregister at the Mambukal Resort office at the Capitol Lagoon Park in Bacolod City when the guidelines being drawn up are ready, Diaz said.The entry of visitors will be limited to 70 percen...

Nov302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod activities in support of Leni set on Bonifacio Day

Top Stories

The billboard at Araneta Street in Bacolod City.* Nic Ledesma photoThe Alliance of Labor Leaders for Leni (ALL4Leni), Farmers for Leni, and Negros for Leni will celebrate Bonifacio Day with the theme “Laban ng Magsasaka, Mangingisda, Manggagawa at Kababaihan Laban ni Leni” at Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City Tuesday afternoon, November 30.The activity will start at 1 p.m. with the presentation of the covenant signed by ALL4Leni and VP Leni Robredo on Monday, November 29, and the Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Agenda by Farmers for Leni, their press release said.At around 3 p.m. Tuesday farmers and workers will march from Acacia Hotel to the statue of Bishop Antonio Fortich in front of the Pope John Paul tower as a show of support and endorsement of Robredo, it added.Mean...

Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Refusing unvaccinated workers entry to worksites illegal, ‘Marcosian’ – labor

Business, Top Stories

Capitol photo“Refusing unvaccinated workers to enter worksite premises is patently illegal and Marcosian, Roland dela Cruz, National Congress of Unions in the Sugar of the Philippines (NACUSIP) president, said Monday, November 29.“We are warning the Department of Labor and Employment and the Civil Service Commission that illegal dismissal cases will flood your offices as well as notice of strikes and work stoppages will be implemented nationwide unless this inhumane, dictatorial, anti-worker and anti-Filipino policy of the IATF is withdrawn,” he said.Resolutions No. 148 and No. 149 dated November 12 and 18 issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), ordered all establishments and employers to require their employees who must ...

Nov292021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Hibaluon anay sang gobernador kun pila pa ang wala mabakunahan antes mag desisyon nga himuon mandatory ang pagpa bakuna sa empleyado sang Kapitolyo

Balita Hiligaynon

Gusto anay mapat-od ni Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson kun ano kadamo sa mga empleyado sang probinsya ang wala pa nabakunahan.Suno sa gobernador basi madala pa man lang sa sugilanon kag makumbinsi nga mag pabakuna. Kun kinahanglan gid, maga issue ang gobernador sang executive order nga maga mando sang mandatory vaccination sa mga government employees.Damlag pa si Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante ang nag issue na sang memorandum para sa mandatory vaccination sa mga empleyado sang LGU kag si Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo naman ang labing nagahaylo sa mga empleyado sa pagpabakuna.Sa pagbanta sang gobernador, indi lamang sa mga empleyado sang gobyerno probinsyal kundi sa kabilugan may mga 20 porsiento pa ang may pag pangduha-duha sa bakuna.Samtang, gina abi-ab...

Nov292021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Cadiz City District Hospital na lang ang maga pabilin nga Covid hospital sa Negros Occidental

Balita Hiligaynon

Capitol photoIga revert ukon ibalik na bilang mga regular hospital ang Valladolid District Hospital kag Valeriano Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital sa Himamaylan City kasunod sang pagnubo sang kadamuon sang Covid – 19 cases sang Negros Occidental.Suno kay Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, sa Disyembre uno gina paabot nga ipatuman ini. Ang ospital sa Cadiz ang maga pabilin nga Covid designated hospital.Pero, suno kay Lacson, kun tigayon na mag bukas ang bag-o nga wing sa Cadiz District Hospital ini na ang maga serbe nga Covid Center kag ang main building naman ang tigayon na maka baton sang iban pa gid nga medical cases. 487 ang active cases sang Negros Occidental as of November 28.Kun may pagsaka naman sa mga kaso kag kinahanglan ang mga ospital handa naman ang probinsya mag ...

Nov292021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Driver patay sang mabunggo ang iya motor sa bato

Balita Hiligaynon

Patay ang 47 anyos nga si Charlie Vaflor matapos makabunggo sa bato sa kilid sang dalan ang iya nga motorsiklo sang kahapon sa hihgway sa Barangay Jonob Jonob sa siudad sang Escalante.Sa imbestigasyon sang PNP, nag labog ang motor ni Vaflor matapos ini mag labay sa kurbada nga bahin sang dalan gani nabunggo ini sa bato kag nag labog sa katubuhan.Dead on the spot si Vaflor suno sa pulis bangud sang pilas sa guya nga iya sini naagum.Suno sa pulis, naka inom ang biktima sang matabo ang aksidente.