Tag: Negros Occidental news
Photo of the Day (October 29, 2021)
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia looks on as Em Legaspi Ang, Emergency Operations Center executive director, vaccinates a Pediatric A3 minor.*City PIO photo
PNP: Moises Padilla councilor facing rape raps wanted
A councilor of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, facing rape raps cannot be located, the town’s cop chief said Thursday, October 28.PMaj. Randy Babor, Moises Padilla cop chief, said they served the warrant of arrest on Councilor Fred Villaflor Bangcaya, alias Dimpol, 45, on Tuesday but he could not be located.The councilor is facing raps for five counts of rape, Babor said.Acting Presiding Judge Eric Anthony Ateniao Dumpilo of the Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Regional Trial Court Branch 64 issued the warrant of arrest on October 15.The case is a non-bailable offense, the judge said.An 18-year-old grade 11 student in her complaint claimed she was raped multiple times from January to April this year.Bangcaya could not be reached for comment.*
Negros Occidental Pediatric A3 vax drive starts Oct. 29, more sites to open
Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will launch its mass vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities under the Pediatric A3 category at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City starting 8 a.m. Friday, October 29.“Our target is 300 children…If there are more, we can still go up to 500 on the same day," Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, October 28.Pfizer vaccines recommended by the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization will be administered, he said.Aside from the TLJPH, the provincial government will also vaccinate comorbid minors at the Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City and Cadiz District Hospital at dates to be announced later, Diaz added.The DOH ...
Some reluctance still exist vs. Covid antigen testing
Capitol file photoThere is still some reluctance against rapid antigen testing from Negros Occidental residents tagged as close contacts of COVID-19 positive persons, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, October 28.The provincial government is still conducting rapid antigen testing provincewide to prevent the spread of the virus, he said.However, there are still some people trying to avoid testing by insisting they are not close contacts or do not feel any COVID-19 symptoms, he added.“Some we have to compel to be tested”, Diaz said.The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital and Valladolid molecular laboratories also conduct 300 to 500 RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 a day, he said.The number of COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental has been going down, ...
P3.4M nga balor shabu nakuha sa buybust operation sa San Carlos
PDEA-6 photo25 ka sachet sang ginaptihan shabu nga naga bug-at sang tunga sa kilo ang na recover kahapon sang PDEA Region 6 upod sang San Carlos PNP sa kay Emil Mariano nga ginakabig high value target.Gina bulubanta nga naga balor sang 3.4 milyones pesos ang shabu nga nakuha sa buybust operation sa Barangay 2 sa siyudad sang San Carlos.Siya ang detained kag kaso nga paglapas sa RA 9165 ang ipasaka batuk sa iya.
Lalaki patay matapos ginlabo sa banwa sang Ilog
Ilog PNP photoPatay ang 27 anyos nga si Jestony Ubay matapos ini labuon sang live in partner sang iya utod kagabi sa Barangay Dancalan sa Ilog.Sa imbestigasyon sang Ilog PNP, nagbaisay si Ubay kag ang iya sini iloy kag nag abot sa punto nga iya na tani ini bun-on.Siya ang ginpunggan sang iya utod nga si Angeline kag sila ang nag agaway sang patalom.Nag pangayo sang bulig si Angeline sa iya live in partner nga si Danilo Andilab amo nga iya gilayon gin labo labo si Jestony.Nag agum man sang mga pilas si Angeline.Detained karon sa Ilog PNP si Andilab.
Naga damo na naman ang naga pamalibad nga magpa test nga close contact sang Covid positive
Capitol file photoPadayon ang contact tracing kag testing sang Negros Occidental, pero namutikan ang hesitancy ukon ang pagpamalibad sang mga natungdan para diri.Suno kay Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, hugot nga gina patuman sang probinsya ang swabbing para mapamatukan ang paglapta sang Covid -19.Padayon man ang pag gamit sang rapid antigen test para sa mga close contacts.Wala naman naga nubo sa 300 tubtob 500 sa kada adlaw ang ma process sang molecular laboratory sang probinsya.Namutikan man ang pagpabalibad ukon ang mga negatibo nga reaksyon, suno kay Diaz, ang probinsya ang naga pabilin sa panindugan sini nga dapat mag pa test ang mga natungdan.
Flooding hits San Carlos, preventive measures taken
Mayor Renato Gustilo on Thursday, October 28, ordered the immediate clearing of clogged drainages and inspection of tributaries following flooding that hit San Carlos City as heavy rain poured Wednesday night, October 27.Gustilo, with City Administrator Estefanio Libutan Jr. and City Engineer Franuel Luranas, also inspected the areas in the city that were flooded.They visited the creeks near the national highway that may have overflowed and added to the water surge in some areas, the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) reported.Gustilo instructed Luranas to have the residuals left in the waterways cleaned and to create a "temporary canal" beside the circumferential road to ease water flow during heavy rains, so as not to exhaust the catch-basin beside the Ci...
More drug-cleared brgys in Negros Occidental
PDEA-6 photoMore than 20 barangays in Negros Occidental have been declared free from illegal drugs.Members of the Regional Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs cleared 85 barangays in Western Visayas during its deliberations on Wednesday, October 27.During the deliberation, representatives from the different barangays assisted by their local government units presented and defended their applications for a drug-free village.The new drug-cleared barangays in Negros Occidental are:*Abuanan, Antipuluan and Sampinit in Bago City*Bulata and Yao-yao in Cauayan*Alacaygan in EB Magalona*Narauis in Hinigaran*Pook in Hinoba-an*Bocana, Manalad and one in Ilog*Makilignit and two in Isabela*Barangay Puso in La Castellana*San Pablo and Punta Salong in Manapla*Buenavista and Iglau-an...