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Murcia PNP photoTwo drivers were killed after their motorcycles collided head on at Barangay Pandanon, Murcia, Negros Occidental, Sunday night, October 23.Killed were Romie Mallorca, 27, of Brgy. Bunga, Salvador Benedicto, and Agustin Ardeña, 21, of Brgy. Amayco, Murcia.Jobey Jamili, who rode at Mallorca’s motorcycle, sustained serious injuries.Staff Sargeant Ryan Bandiola, traffic investigator of the Murcia police, said that both motorcycles were travelling in opposite directions when Ardeña crossed the median and bumped into the oncoming traffic.The collision caused the instantaneous death of the two drivers while the back rider, who was seriously injured, was brought to the Murcia Health Unit for treatment, a police report said.Both motorcycles have also incurred...

The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for 2021*The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for the past eight days.*Negros Occidental has recorded 374 COVID-19 deaths in October, the highest in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March last year, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Monday, October 25.In the past eight days, from October 18 to 25, there were 135 deaths recorded, he also said.Bago City had the most deaths in the past eight days at 34 followed by Sipalay City - 21, and Cadiz City - 15, Diaz said.The Negros Occidental COVID-19 deaths in March were 10, April – 37, May – 79, June – 104, July -97, August – 60, September 234, and October – 374, Capitol data for 2021 showed.The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported that fr...

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, and Provincial Incident Management Team Commander Zeaphard Caelian inspect the negative pressure ambulances.*Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government has purchased six negative pressure ambulances for the transport of patients suffering from severe COVID-19 and other ailments, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, October 25.The ambulances will form part of the Negros Occidental 911 Quick Response Service to be stationed in four or five provincial government-run hospitals, he said.Lacson said they are looking at the hospitals in Silay City, Cadiz City, Valladolid, La Carlota City and Kabankaan City.“The ambulances are expensive but we are saving lives here so we ca...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, former Rep. Alfredo "Albee" Benitez and Dr. Aladino Moraca at the CPSU rites in Valladolid Saturday.*Archie Alipalo photoSenator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for full face-to-face classes by January 2022 or earlier, saying the distance learning modality is not working.Gatchalian attended the first flag-raising ceremony of the Central Philippine State University extension campus and the blessing of the CPSU training center and staff house in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, October 23.CPSU’s main campus in Kabankakan City headed by its president, Dr. Aladino Moraca, is also celebrating its 75th founding anniversary."The difficulty with distance learning is that our students do not absorb their lessons. They are not learning and we’ve ...

Photo from Neil Lizares FBTalisay Mayor Neil Lizares and some members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19.“I would like to inform the public that I have been tested positive once again for COVID-19,” Lizares said in a Facebook post Saturday, October 23.Lizares said he is currently experiencing mild symptoms but it breaks his heart to see that members of his family and household have also tested positive.His three children and four helpers have also tested positive for COVID-19, Lizares said.“I would like to reassure everyone that I am taking every step possible to ensure that I stay in good health and will recover again successfully from the virus,” Lizares said.In September, Lizares also tested positive for COVID-19.“Please continue to keep me and m...

Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon at the launching of the GuBan movement at the Bishop’s House in Bacolod City, Friday, October 22.*Barbara Mijares photoThere is hope for real change in the 2022 elections if the people elect leaders who are competent, sincere and think of the common good, Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon said on Friday, October 22.“In this election when I look at the names of the candidates we have a choice, a real choice not just of the lesser evil, but a choice between the good and the bad, between the competent and the incompetent,” he said at the launching of the GuBan movement at the lobby of the Bishop’s House in Bacolod City, Friday, October 22.The people have a very clear choice between the honest and corrupt, “this is a real election that can work if it is we...

A total of 111 illegal “open pipe” motorcycle mufflers were destroyed at the Silay Plaza Covered Court on Friday, October 22.The series of confiscations are in line with the continued implementation of Silay City Ordinance No. 2, Series of 2012 to prevent noise pollution, Mayor Mark Golez said.Golez and PLt. Col. Robert L. Petate, Silay police chief, led the ceremonial destruction of the motorcycle mufflers.The modified mufflers, which were estimated at about P200,000, were crushed with a a road roller-compactor, Patete said.*