Tag: Negros Occidental news

Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Cebu Pacific increases flights to Bacolod

Cebu Pacific continues to boost its domestic network to address the rising demand for travel as it adds daily flights from Manila to Bacolod beginning December 16, 2021, bringing its total to 16 times a week.CEB will be operating Manila-Bacolod flights twice daily, on top of its twice-weekly flights exclusively for fully-vaccinated passengers until January 15, 2022. “Our sincerest thanks to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for supporting the recovery of air travel to and from Bacolod and for recognizing the need for additional frequencies in order to reduce fares. We also congratulate his good office for successfully ramping up the vaccination drive of the province,” ...

Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Kiko leads convergence for research, innovation

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Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) hosted a blended meeting of government and non-government stakeholders for an information and research exchange on innovation that can be pursued to maximize and preserve natural resources that abound in Negros forests, especially in the Third District.The convergence Tuesday, December 7, among key representatives from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 6 and Negros Occ., Forest Products Research and Development Institute(FPRDI), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Provincial Environment Management Office, Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC), Slow Food Movement, and USAID Fish Right Program, tackled opportunities for collaborative research and initiatives for sustainable ...

Dec82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol waiting for instructions from DOH on expired vaccines

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CAAP-Bacolod photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government is still waiting for instructions from the Department of Health (DOH) on whether the 14,620 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that expired on November 30 can still be used.The 14,620 doses remain in storage at the provincial government’s cold room on instructions of the DOH, Dr. Claudelia Josefa Pabillo, Provincial Health Office cold chain coordinator, said Tuesday, December 7.Whether the vaccines can still be used will depend on an emergency use authority issued by the Food and Drug Administration and instructions from the DOH, she said.The expired vaccines were part of 45,300 AstraZeneca doses that arrived in Negros Occidental on November 8.Pabillo said they distributed vaccines with shorter shelf lives first b...

Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Baby hit by stray bullet dies

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A one-year-old baby girl died after she was hit by a stray bullet in her home at Barangay Caduhaan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental Sunday, December 5.Police said a firearm was allegedly fired indiscriminately by forest ranger Nomar Ayan Berto, 46, who surrendered to the authorities Tuesday, December 7.The baby was playing in her bed when the stray bullet passed through their wall and hit her in the head.Police are still locating the firearm used by the suspect, who will be charged for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.*

Dec82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

San Carlos grants incentives to vaxxed market vendors

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San Carlos PIO photoThe San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental is granting incentives to fully vaccinated vendors at its main public market.San Carlos Mayor Renato Gustilo in Executive Order 248, Series of 2021 said the city government will wave rental fees of stalls and spaces of fully vaccinated vendors at the Jose V. Valmayor Jr. Public Market this December.It will also impose a one month deduction in the computation of the calendar year 2021 annual income of the vendors on the renewal of their business permits, he added.“It is just but proper that they be given incentives for following the city government's proactive measures to ensure the safety of its people during the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.*

Dec72021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

SP passes resolution honoring former BM

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The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution Tuesday, December 7, acknowledging the contributions of former board member and EB Magalona mayor David Lacson as a public servant.The SP members also expressed their condolences to his family, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer said.He said a mass for Lacson will be held at the provincial Capitol on December 16.Lacson, 46, who was hit with COVID-19 died on Friday, December 3.Ferrer and his wife, Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (Negros Occidental, 4th District), in a joint statement, said Lacson provided selfless service to his constituents from all walks of life.He had the kindest heart filled with compassion and generosity for those in need, they said.“He will be sorely missed as a fellow public servant and a frien...

Dec72021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Tuigan nga atraksyon ang isa ka purok sa Barangay Narauis sa Hinigaran

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYrkoVpihg&live=1[/embedyt]Sa sini nga video nga kuha ni Stephen Garilao sang Choy Lando Photography nga blog makita nga agaw atensyon ang mga Christmas lights sa higad sang dalan sa Purok 5 sa Barangay Narauis.Sa pag labay sa highway naga idas sa higad sang dalan ang nagkalain lain nga kolor sang mga Christmas lights.Pati ang kada balay sa sini nga purok napuno man sang Christmas lights. Ang ini nga purok ang masami nga gina lagawan sang mga residente indi lamang sang Hinigaran kundi pati na sang kaipingnga mga banwa kag siudad bangud sang maka lilingaw nga mga Christmas decors kag lights.May mga ginikanan nga naga dala sang ila nga mga kabataan diri para mag enjoy.Suno sa kay Garilao, kada tuig kinaangdan na sang mga resi...

Dec72021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Negros Occidental naga hulat sang abiso sang doh kun ano ang himuon sa nag expire nga mga bakuna

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CAAP-Bacolod PIO photoProbinsya ang nagahulat sang abiso sang Department of Health Central Office kun ano ang matabo sa masobra sa 14,000 ka mga AstraZeneca vaccines nga nag expire.Suno kay Dr Claudelia Pabillo ang in-charge sa vaccine distribution sang probinsya, naga pabilin sa storage facility ang 14,620 ka dose sang AstraZeneca vaccines nga may November 30 nga expiry kag separado ini sa iban nga supply sang vaccines.Mahimo nga ini ang gamiton pa, depende sa mangin assessment kun bala sarang ma extend ang shelf life sang amo nga mga bakuna suno kay Pabillo. May yara nga tagpila ka semana pa ang extension para sa nag expire nga vaccine.Gina sulit niya nga wala sang pagpabaya sa bahin sang probinsya. Kun wala man ini naubos gamit, ini natungod nga sang amo nga tion indi na...

Dec72021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

1 ka tuig nga bata patay matapos maigo sang layaw nga bala

Balita Hiligaynon

Wala makaluwas ang isa ka tuig nga bata nga babayi matapos ini maiguan sang layaw nga bala sang Dominggo sa sulod lang mismo sang ila balay sa Barangay Caduhaan sa Cadiz City.Suno sa PNP, nag palupok sang iya nga armas ang Bantay Bukid nga si Nomar Berto sang ini mag igu sa ding ding sang balay sang biktima kag naiguan sa ulo ang bata nga naga hampang lang sa sulod balay.Detained na karon ang suspek kag kaso nga reckless imprudence resulting in homicide ang ipasaka batuk sa iya

Dec72021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental voters now 1.94M

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Negros Occidental and Bacolod City now have 1,946,639 registered voters for the 2022 polls, Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Tuesday, December 7.This is an increase of 57,439 voters from the 1,889,200 in the May 2019 national elections.He said voters who failed to vote in two previous elections, died, or transferred were purged from the list.In the new voters' list, Bacolod City has 327,403 voters, or an increase by 14,587 from 312,816 in 2019.The following are the number of voters in the six districts of Negros Occidental: