Photo of the Day (November 15, 2021)
PUBLIC ART. Walls are painted with murals at the ‘Children’s Healing Park’ in Isabela, Negros Occidental.*Isabela LGU photo
Tag: Negros news
‘F2F classes should start in June, January too soon’
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer in a show of support for Senator Migz Zubiri (center) who is seeking reelection at a press conference in Bacolod City Saturday, Nov. 13.*January is too soon to resume face-to-face classes, maybe they should begin in June at the start of school year 2022-23, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said Saturday, November 13.It is important to make sure that the students will be safe first, Zubiri said at a press conference in Bacolod City.The problem is the COVID-19 vaccination program outside Metro Manila is slow, he said.He said while vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 has started, children in grades one to three are not covered.Maybe there is a need to open up the COVID-19 vaccination drive to start with c...
Lacson, Ferrer: NIR a condition in considering presidential bet
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (second from left) turned over 400 cube evacuation tents to Negros Occidental through Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and Zeaphard Caelian, Provincial Incident Management Team head, (l-r), on Saturday.*Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is proposing to make it a condition for Negrense officials to only consider supporting a presidential candidate if the revival of the Negros Island Region (NIR) is included in his or her platform of government.If a candidate does not agree to revive the NIR, we will campaign against that person, Ferrer said.Lacson and Ferrer aired their positions on the NIR at a press conference with Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri in Bacolod City on Saturday.So far presidential candidate Leni ...
Murcia officials thank Zubiri for two covered courts
Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Murcia officials led by Mayor Gerry Rojas, Vice-Mayor Johnny Reosura and the Sangguniang Bayan Members inaugurate and turned over the multi-purpose covered court to Brgy. Lopez Jaena officials headed by Punong Barangay and SB Member Hernan Alintana.*Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri joined the blessing and inauguration of two multi-purpose covered courts in barangays Lopez Jaena and Zone 2 in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Friday, November 12.Murcia officials led by Mayor Gerry Rojas, Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura, Sangguniang Bayan members and barangay officials thanked Zubiri for allocating funds for the construction of two completed covered courts in the town, a press release from the town said.In behalf of all Murcia officials, the mayor expressed his...
Cebu Pacific ramps up flights to Bacolod to 9x weekly; waives 5kg excess baggage fee for fully-vaxxed passengers
From left: Cebu Pacific Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Michael Ivan Shau, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Cebu Pacific Chief Strategy Officer Alex Reyes, Governor Eugenio Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, and Cebu Pacific VP for Marketing and Customer Experience Candice IyogCebu Pacific continues to ramp up its domestic network to address rising travel demand, beginning with the increase of its Bacolod flights from twice to nine times a week beginning November 15.CEB will be operating a daily Manila-Bacolod flight via 5J 485, which is scheduled to depart the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 9:20 am. Its return flight, 5J 486 is set to leave the Bacolod-Silay Airport at 11:15 am.To help the inoculation initiatives of the Negros Occidental region, all fully-vac...
DOH finds vax rollout in Negros Occidental slow: guv
Dr. Adriano Suba-an, DOH Western Visayas regional director, and Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) met at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, Friday.*Richard Malihan photoThe Department of Health (DOH) finds the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Negros Occidental very slow and wants it ramped up, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Friday, November 12.Provincial Health Office records as of Thursday, November 11, showed that 20.76 percent of the target population of Negros Occidental has been fully vaccinated, while 26.52 percent of the target has had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.Dr. Adriano Suba-an, DOH Western Visayas regional director, met with Lacson and provincial health officials at the Capitol in Bacolod City Friday.“Admittedly there is really a ...
CLMMRH creates Covid-19 critical care unit at West Tower
The whole sixth floor of the West Tower at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City has been converted into a critical care unit for COVID-19 patients, Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH chief, said Friday, November 12.This is because there are many more patients needing COVID-19 intensive care, he said.The CCU on the 6th floor of the West Tower can accommodate 23 more critical patients, he said.The hospital has 30 COVID-19 critical unit beds, he added.Drilon said the hospital has added 47 Intensive Care Unit nurses, more doctors and support personnel.CLMMRH can also accommodate critical patients if they choose to have private accommodations, Drilon added.*
Guv: Negros officials’ supporting 1 presidential bet may be difficult
Richard Malihan photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Friday, November 12, that it may be difficult for Negros Occidental officials to agree on supporting one presidential candidate.“We will try that, but even before that meeting we are already talking”, Lacson said of a possible gathering of Love Negros and United Negros Alliance members to discuss their supporting a single presidential candidate.It seems that they have different choices, he said.“I feel that it’s difficult to have one choice for the coming presidential elections,” he added.Lacson said they are also waiting for November 15 when obviously there will be changes with Davao Mayor Sara Duterte withdrawing her reelection bid and joining the Lakas-CMD.This has fueled speculation that she could run for pre...
NFSP urges price cap, fertilizer importation
Amid the uncontrolled increases in fertilizer prices, the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters (NFSP) is calling on the government to impose a price cap or import fertilizer directly and sell them at lower cost to the farmers.“In coordination with Department of Trade and Industry, perhaps the DA can impose a price cap or Suggested Retail Price for fertilizers,” said NFSP president Enrique D. Rojas in his follow-up letter sent Wednesday, November 10, to Agriculture Secretary William Dar.The DA can also propose the direct government importation of fertilizers to be sold at break-even or subsidized prices, so that farmers can avail of fertilizers at a lower cost, he added.Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Cynthia Vil...
3 ka empleyado sang bangko gin hold-up
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafSFRK5hbs&live=1[/embedyt]Malapit 30,000 pesos nga cash ang nakuha tanan sa tatlo ka mga empleyado sang Microfinance Bank matapos nga gin holdup sang Miyerkules sa dalan sa Barangay Hilamonan sa Kabankalan.Sa imbestigasyon sang Kabankalan PNP, ang talto ka biktima ang nagasakay sa ila gin arkilahan nga tricycle sang gulpi lang may mag haboy sang mga dahon sang tubo sa dalan.Pag hinay hinay sang tricycle, didto na nagwa sa katubuhan ang apat ka mga armado kag ila gin holdup ang tatlo ka biktima kag gin kuha ang ila cash kag iban pa nga kagamitan.Ginahibalo pa karon sang PNP ang identity sang mga suspetsado. Posible ang mga suspek suno sa pulis amo man ang nagsulod sa isa ka restaurant sa Kabankalan sang nagligad nga bulan.