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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...

A steel bridge that was up for demolition collapsed in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Friday, December 3.*A worker was injured when a steel bridge up for demolition collapsed in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, at about 2 p.m. Friday, December 3, Mayor Rex Jalando-on said.Jomer Savilla, 39, of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, sustained head and leg injuries.The bridge that connects barangays Nagasi and Cubay in La Carlota City had not been used for about 20 years and was being demolished by a contractor of the Department of Public Works and Highways, the mayor said.There is a concrete bridge that connects the two barangays that is currently in use and another one is under construction, he said.The old bridge was being demolished so it would not pose a danger, Jalando...

La Castellana PNP photoA quarrel over the COVID-19 vaccine led to a hacking incident that left one injured at Hacienda Rongo, Barangay Lalagsan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, December 1.Injured was Salvador Ortega, 49, of Barangay Robles, a sugarcane worker.The victim figured in a verbal tussle with a co-worker identified as 56-year-old Dionesio Francisco.Police said the victim told his co-workers that they should avail of the COVID-19 vaccines or else they won’t be allowed to go to work and will not receive their salary.The suspect then told Ortega that his vaccine shot could be fake, to which the victim replied, “ulo mo (your head).”This apparently irked the suspect, who retaliated by punching the victim, then hacked him with a bolo.The victim, ...