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Nov182021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments
Closed season sa Visayan Sea tubtob Pebrero 15

Closed season sa Visayan Sea tubtob Pebrero 15

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Ginsuguran na ang closed season sang Visayan Sea ukon ang pagdumili anay sa pagpangisda sa Visayan Sea sa pila ka mga sahi sang mga isda.Sumugod Nobyembre kinse tubtob Pebrero kinse sa madason nga tuig gina dumilian anay sang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ang pagpangisda sang tabagak, balantiyong, tuloy,bulaw kag gumaa sa Visayan Sea.Sa sulod sang tatlo ka bulan, commercial kag municipal fisherfolks ang gina haylo nga indi anay magpanakop sang sini nga mga sahi sang isda.Suno sa kay BFAR Region 6 director Remia Aparri nahangpan nila nga maga gamay ang income sang mga mangingisda pero ang ni nga proseso ang pamaagi para mapa siguro nga may nagakaigo pa nga supply para sa merkado kag lamesa sang mga puluy-an.Gina hinyo man ni Aparri ang mga fisherfolk leaders, com...
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Nov182021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Mayor: Copper, gold mining exploration resumes in Sagay

Mayor: Copper, gold mining exploration resumes in Sagay

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A mining firm has resumed its exploration for copper and gold in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Mayor Alfredo Marañon III said Wednesday, November 17.Marañon said Tambuli Mining Company Inc. (TMCI) officials met with Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson Tuesday morning to update him on their progress.The exploration in Sagay began in 2012 until 2017 and has recently resumed under new owners, the mayor said.Tambuli obtained its permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources head office, he said.They are making small drill holes in search of copper or gold in the area, Marañon said.Celsius Resources Ltd has announced that its Philippine subsidiary, TMCI, has completed its technical due diligence and evaluation of its Sagay copper-gold project, resulting in the CL...
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Nov182021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Booster shots for HCWs begin, seniors before November ends

Booster shots for HCWs begin, seniors before November ends

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COVID-19 booster shots for health care workers in Bacolod City hospitals began Wednesday, November 17, while those for seniors will start before the end of the month.The government is aiming to launch the booster vaccination for senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals before December, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said.“The booster dose protocols for health care workers are different than those of the immunocompromised, so once that is out we can already start maybe even next week. The earliest is next week and the latest is on the National Vaccination Days,” he said.The National Vaccination Days are set from November 29 to December 1.Em Ang, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director, said Moderna vaccines were given to hospitals in Bacolo...
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Nov182021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
TLJPH staff get booster shots, other hospitals to start next week

TLJPH staff get booster shots, other hospitals to start next week

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Booster shots being administered at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City.*Contributed photoThe Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City began administering COVID-19 booster shots on its staff Wednesday, November 17, while health workers in the rest of the Negros Occidental provincial government hospitals will get theirs next week.There are more than 1,700 health care workers in the nine provincial government-run hospitalsPfizer vaccines will be administered, Dr. Claudelia Pabillo, who is in-charge of the provincial government’s vaccine distribution drive, said.Pabillo said there are still a lot of influential people who are against COVID-19 vaccination, including some pastors, who discourage their congregation from getting inoculated....
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Nov182021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Guv: Islandwide bus operations may resume before end of week

Guv: Islandwide bus operations may resume before end of week

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PDEA photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said bus operations between Negros Occidental and Oriental may resume before the end of the week.“What is important is that we have the same protocols as Negros Oriental considering that we are now under the same alert level,” he said.The National Inter-Agency Task Force has placed the two Negros provinces under COVID-19 Alert Level No. 2 until November 30.“We are considering opening up borders, we just have to decide which borders to open….We would like to settle this issue as soon as possible,” Lacson said.Lacson said if Negros Occidental can come into an agreement with Negros Oriental they are ready to reopen the borders before the end of the week.They will see if it is feasible to require travelers between the two provinces to ...
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Nov182021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
UNegA likely to support single presidential bet

UNegA likely to support single presidential bet

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The United Negros Alliance is likely to support a single candidate for president in the 2022 polls, Sagay Mayor Alfredo Marañon III, UNegA chairman, said Wednesday, November 17They have not discussed the matter yet but he will abide by the consensus of UNegA, Marañon added.They are expected to meet in December, he said.Marañon said he is also a member of the National Unity Party that has not declared whom it will support for president.Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva (Negros Occidental, 2nd District) has said NUP will not be supporting any presidential candidate so local candidates will have a free hand on whom they will support, he added.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and former Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez of Love Negros also have yet to name whom they will support ...
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Nov182021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Hinobaan PNP links employee to P1.3 million bank heist

Hinobaan PNP links employee to P1.3 million bank heist

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Hinobaan PNP photosPolice probers in Hinobaan are looking at the possibility that an employee of the Rural Bank of Ilog in Barangay 1, Hinobaan town, Negros Occidental, may be involved in the P1.3 million heist last week.Maj. Clifford Batadhay, Hinobaan police chief, said that three of the six bank employees have already submitted their affidavits to the police.He said they are still waiting for the results of the fingerprints matching at the scene.He also said that a copy of the closed-circuit television footage was sent to the cybercrime group of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office for further investigation.No security guard was on duty when the robbery happened.The estimated cash inside the vault that was carted away by the suspects was P1.3 million....
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