Tag: Negros Occidental news

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod S-PaSS unrestricted, approval immediate, Ang says

The S-PaSS application for travelers bound for Bacolod City is now unrestricted.That means they can directly apply through Bacolod City at https://s-pass.ph and will immediately be granted an S-PaSS, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Thursday, November 24.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.The city government earlier said applying for an S-PaSS was no longer required. The Negros Occidental provincial government, however, said all incoming passengers, including those bound for Bacolod, would be required to obtain an S-PaSS prior to arrival at the Bacolod Silay Airport as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia ...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Diaz: Capitol denies Orola S-PaSS for ‘fake’ address

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The Negros Occidental provincial government denied the approval of the S-PaSS application of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola because it contained a “fake” address, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, November 25.In his S-PaSS application Orola placed his destination as Silay City, Negros Occidental, and his destination barangay as Silay Airport instead of his real address, Diaz said.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.“We did not approve Orola’s application because he placed a fake address,” Diaz said.Orola said his secretary had filled out the form for his S-PaSS application and placed Silay as the address because that is where the airport it.However, he no longer needs an S-PaSS f...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

2 Negrenses in top 10 of CE Licensure exam

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Two Negrenses are topnotchers in the 2021 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday, November 25.Charlene Grace Varrera Gelotin of the University of Negros Occidental was in second place with a score of 92.75 percent, and Sirgie Lowell Alegro Rufo of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State College in Talisay City was in sixth place with a score of 91.50 percent.The PRC said 2,374 out of 6,474 passed the examination.The PRC conducted the first Civil Engineering licensure examination on November 14 and 15, in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legaspi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.*

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Magikland vax drive for minors starts Nov. 26

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The mass vaccination drive for minors aged 12 to 17 years old at Magikland in Silay City, Negros Occidental, will start Friday, November 26, wherein two entrance tickets to the theme park will be given to each vaccinated minor, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, November 25.Vaccination will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Friday to December 16, except for Monday, November 29, Jessric Naria, Magilkland OIC marketing manager, said.After December 16, the mass vaccination at Magikland will resume in the second week of January, he said.The vaccinated minors will have to rest and wait a week before they can use their free entrance tickets to Magikland, he said.The first 700 minors with free entrance tickets will be accommodated at the park daily, Naria said....

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Seda lights up Christmas tree as hotel business picks up

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Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City lights up its Christmas tree Thursday night.*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe hotel business in Bacolod is picking up with the downgrading of the city’s COVID-19 status to Alert Level 2.Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City kicked off the holiday season on an upbeat note with the lighting of its Christmas tree Thursday night, November 25.“The lighting of the Christmas tree is a message of hope not only for our guests but for everyone,” Seda Capitol Central manager Kim Guimba said.Lighting the tree will spark that hope that things will be better, he said.He said at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic their hotel business drastically suffered but with the city now under Alert Level 2 it has been picking up, he saidIn November, ...

Nov252021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

DILG: Negros Occidental ang pwede maka require sang S-PaSS sa gihapon

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOWWqdhqug&live=1[/embedyt]Nagsulat si Mayor Evelio Leonardia kay DILG Director Juan Ingeniero nga naga kwestyon sa polisiya sang Negros Occidental provincial government angut sa pag require sang S-PaSS sa mga fully vaccinated passengers nga naga agi sa Bacolod Silay Airport padulong sa Bacolod.Vaccination card na lamang kag id ang gina require sang Bacolod para sa mga fully vaccinated travelers.Pero nagapanindugan ang probinsya nga mandatory ang S-PaSS para sa contact tracing sang mga naga inabot nga pasahero.Sa text message nga ginpadala ni Ingeniero sa Digicast Negros iya ginsiling nga ang provincial government ang sarang mag require sang S-PaSS depende sa travel restriction.Ginakilala man sang pamuno sang Regional Inter...

Nov252021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Bacolod kag Negros Occidental may 78 ka bag-o nga Covid deaths

Balita Hiligaynon

Samtang naga panaog ang kadamuon sang Covid cases sa Bacolod City kag Negros Occidental mataas sa gihapon ang numero sang Covid deaths.May 45 ka mga bag-o nga nagkalamatay tuga sang Covid 19 sa Bacolod kag 33 sa Negros Occidental base sa record sang Department of Health Region 6.Sa record man sang DOH ang Bacolod ang may 562 ka mga active cases sang Covid-19. Sa report naman sang Provincial Incident Management Team, 1677 ang active Covid cases sang Negros Occidental.

Nov252021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Pagbukas sang flights gikan sa Clark padulong sa Negros gina lantaw kun posible nga matigayon

Balita Hiligaynon

Pagbukas sang trips sa Bacolod-Silay Airport padulong sa Clark International airport ang gina lantaw karon sang probinsya.Suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz padayon pa ang pagsugilanon sa tunga sang probinsya, CAAP, Clark kag Bacolod-Silay Airport bahin diri kag ang ini ang gina plano sa ikatlo nga semana sang Disyembre.Pero isa sa gina lantaw karon amo ang kadamuon sang pasahero para sa amo nga mga trips. Antes pa man ang pandemic 60 percent ang load factor para diri.May pag pangduha duha pa kun bala may nagakaigo nga mga pasahero para sa amo nga mga trips.Suno kay Diaz ginalantaw ang tatlo ka flights para sa PAL kag Cebu Pacific Air. Maga halin gikan sa Clark las 8 tubtob las 10 sang aga kag maga halin naman sa Bacolod - Silay airport sa hapon.

Nov252021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Malapit sa P500,000 nga balor sang iligal nga droga nakuha sa buybust operation

Balita Hiligaynon

Bago PNP photoArestado sang Martes ang 21 anyos nga si Rica Ginete matapos ini makuhaan sang malapit sa 70 gramos nga balor sang gina patihan shabu sa buybust operation sa gwa sang Bago City Public Cemetery.Ginabulubanta naga balor sa 476,000 pesos ang balor sang iligal nga droga ang nakuha kay Ginete.Suno sa Bago PNP, si Ginete amo ang naga supply sang iligal nga droga sa mga small time drug pushers sa siudad kag madugay naman siya nga gina monitor sang kapulisan.Kaso nga paglapas sa RA 9165 ang ginpasaka na batuk sa iya.

Nov252021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Mga mapa bakuna sa Magikland may libre nga ticket

Balita Hiligaynon

Ronnie Baldonado photoMagikland sa siudad sang Silay ang maga sugod na buas nga adlaw sang ila nga Vaccination Drive bilang kabahin man sang ila nga suporta sa kampanya para sa bakuna.Suno sa marketing manager nga si Jessric Naria, isa ka vaccination center ang paga buksan nila. Ang maga pabakuna nga 12 anyos tubtob 17 anyos ang paga hatagan sang libre nga entrance ticket sa magikland.Pero, klaro ni Naria ini ang magamit lamang sang mga kabataan isa ka semana matapos sila nga mabakunahan.Dugang pa niya, Biernes kag Sabado lamang magamit ang libre nga entrance ticket kag tubtob lamang sa 700 ang ila nga iga accommodate sa may mga libre nga entrance ticket sa amo nga mga adlaw.Magapadayon ang vaccination program tubtob sa Disyembre 16, magluwas lamang sa kada Lunes, kag m...