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Oct252021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Binalbagan students to represent PH in ASEAN tilt

CONTRIBUTED BY ALYSSA MARIE POJASVhilma Raye Gran, Caesar Abkilan III, coach Agustin Baquereza Jr., Ranni Rey Guadalupe, & John Cabrejas Jr. (l-r)John Cabrejas Jr., Ranni Rey Guadalupe, Caesar Abkilan III, and Vhilma Raye Gran (l-r)Four senior high school students at Binalbagan Catholic College qualified as one of the teams to represent the Philippines in the regional level of the ASEAN Future Sustainable Leaders (AFSL) competition on Oct. 24.Team Puhon, composed of Ranni Rey Guadalupe, Vhilma Raye Gran, John Cabrejas Jr., and Caesar Abkilan III, is set to compete along with other ASEAN countries after securing the third spot in the Philippine elimination of the said competition.“Being able to join in this historic competition and being a finalist in the Philippine elimina...

Oct242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Gatchalian targets January for full face-to-face classes

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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, former Rep. Alfredo "Albee" Benitez and Dr. Aladino Moraca at the CPSU rites in Valladolid Saturday.*Archie Alipalo photoSenator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for full face-to-face classes by January 2022 or earlier, saying the distance learning modality is not working.Gatchalian attended the first flag-raising ceremony of the Central Philippine State University extension campus and the blessing of the CPSU training center and staff house in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, October 23.CPSU’s main campus in Kabankakan City headed by its president, Dr. Aladino Moraca, is also celebrating its 75th founding anniversary."The difficulty with distance learning is that our students do not absorb their lessons. They are not learning and we’ve ...

Oct262021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Negros Occidental naka record sang pinaka madamo nga napatay sa Covid-19 sini nga Oktubre

Balita Hiligaynon

Pinaka mataas nga na record nga Covid deaths sa probinsya na record sa bulan sang Oktubre - 374.Suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz ini ang pinakamataas nga na record humalin sang nag igo ang pandemic sang Marso sang nagligad nga tuig. Humalin sang Oktubre 18 tubtob 25, ukon sa walo ka adlaw, 135 ang na record nga napatay angut sa Covid-19.Sandig sa datus sang kapitolyo, sang Marso napulo ang na record napatay, sang Abril – 37, sang Mayo – 79, sang Hunyo - 104, sang Hulyo - 97, Agosto – 60 kag sang Aetyembre - 234.Samtang, sa monitoring naman karon sang mga quarantine facilities nag nubo na ang kadamuon nga yara diri. 52 ang yara sa healing center sa EB Magalona, 16 ang sa Cadiz kag 22 ang sa Silay.Tuman na ini nga nag nubo kun ipaanggid sa naglligad nga semana...

Oct252021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

La Carlota may solar powered nga gymnasium

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

Antes pa man nagpandemic, madamo na nga mga panimalay kag bisan mga commercial establishment ang naga-gamit sang solar power.Halin sa mga solar floodlights nga sarang makapasanag sang garden kag mga dalan asta sa mga dalagko nga mga solar panel nga nagakahatag kasanag sa mga high-rise building.Kasubong na lamang sang siudad sang La Carlota nga nagtukod sang P2 million solar panel set-up sa atop lang sang city gym.Nagapati si Mayor Rex Jalandoon, nga ang pag-gamit sang solar installation ang makabulig para maka-kinot ang siudad sa bulanan nga balayran sa kuryente sa masunod nga apat ka tuig.Ang 25 kilowatt peak grid-tie system ang sarang makahatag sang electrical power sa duha ka mga regional trial courts nga yara sa gym.Bangud grid-tie system ang siudad ang sarang man m...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros’ highest Covid deaths registered in October at 374

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The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for 2021*The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for the past eight days.*Negros Occidental has recorded 374 COVID-19 deaths in October, the highest in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March last year, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Monday, October 25.In the past eight days, from October 18 to 25, there were 135 deaths recorded, he also said.Bago City had the most deaths in the past eight days at 34 followed by Sipalay City - 21, and Cadiz City - 15, Diaz said.The Negros Occidental COVID-19 deaths in March were 10, April – 37, May – 79, June – 104, July -97, August – 60, September 234, and October – 374, Capitol data for 2021 showed.The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported that fr...

Oct252021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

PRO-6 warns public vs. bogus RT-PCR tests

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DRRMO photoThe Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) is warning the public against presenting fake reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results in order to travel.Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, PRO-6 spokesperson based in Iloilo City, said Monday, October 25, that passengers travelling with fake RT-PCR test results may face charges if they are caught.Passengers must make sure that their tests were conducted by legitimate medical institutions, he said.Passengers must not fall victim to unscrupulous individuals selling negative RT-PCR tests result certifications, without undergoing swab tests, he added.Solis said that both passengers and institutions selling fake RT-PCR tests will face charges.In August, the provincial government had intercepted inbound tra...

Oct252021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

65 COVID-19 deaths sa Negros Occidental ginreport sang weekend

Balita Hiligaynon

Amat-amat sa karon ang pagnubo sang active Covid-19 cases sang Negros Occidental nga subong yara sa masobra sa 3,600.Mga halos duha ka semana ang nagligad, masobra sa 4,400 ang active Covid - 19 cases. Pero bisan pa, suno kay Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson dapat magbuylog ang tanan para mapamatukan ang paglapta sang Covid-19 cases sa probinsya.Sang weekend, 65 ang na record napatay bangud sang virus. Sa record sang Provincial Incident Management Team 38 ang na report patay sang Sabado, 27 naman sang Domingo.Paathag sang gobernador, ang gina report covid related deaths cumulative. Buot silingon, natingub. Ini bangud antes pa man ma deklara nga Covid related death ini ang may gina sunod man nga protocol gikan sa DOH.Samtang, nag abot na ang anum ka mga ambulance with exhaust an...

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

86,700 additional doses of Covid vaccines arrive

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CAAP-Bacolod photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City received 86,700 more doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, October 25.Bacolod City received 15,000 doses of Sinovac and 32,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.Negros Occidental received 39,300 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.Bacood City had 1,618 active COVID-19 cases with one death, the Department of Health reported Tuesday.Negros Occidental had 4,351 active cases, and 11 new deaths, it added.However, the Provincial Incident Management Team said the active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental are below the 4,000 mark.*

Oct232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Silay gov’t destroys 111 ‘open pipe’ mufflers

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A total of 111 illegal “open pipe” motorcycle mufflers were destroyed at the Silay Plaza Covered Court on Friday, October 22.The series of confiscations are in line with the continued implementation of Silay City Ordinance No. 2, Series of 2012 to prevent noise pollution, Mayor Mark Golez said.Golez and PLt. Col. Robert L. Petate, Silay police chief, led the ceremonial destruction of the motorcycle mufflers.The modified mufflers, which were estimated at about P200,000, were crushed with a a road roller-compactor, Patete said.*

Oct252021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

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