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PHO photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government has vaccinated 377,318 individuals or 21 percent of its target population of 1.8 million against COVID-19 to reach herd immunity, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, October 20.Silay City has vaccinated the most number of residents at 34,698, followed by Sagay City at 28, 017, Talisay City – 25, 383, Bago City – 24,759, Cadiz City – 23,794, Victorias City – 23, 104 and La Carlota City - 20,016.But La Carlota City was the highest in terms of target population vaccinated at 42 percent, followed by Silay City at 37 percent, Victorias City -36 percent, Talisay City – 34 percent and Pulupandan – 33 percent.Diaz said they do not have the target number of minors aged 12 to 17 years old to be vaccinated.Th...

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson launched the Negros Occidental Monitoring Information System Portal where fully vaccinated Negrenses can download their COVID-19 Vaccination QR (Quick Response) identification card, Tuesday afternoon, October 19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Those whose names have already been uploaded into the system can download their cards at https://mis-negros.com/vaccine/id, he said.Negros Occidental mayors are urged to ensure that the lists of their fully vaccinated residents are uploaded so they can avail of their cards with QR codes, Diaz said.He said this will be an easier way to distribute the vaccination cards since more than 300,000 Negrenses have already been vaccinated.To access the vaccination card at the site one must type in one's na...

Contributed photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City received 348,360 more doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, October 18.Negros Occidental received 306,060 doses and Bacolod City got 42,300 doses, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The province received 4,700 doses of AstraZeneca, 175,000 doses of Sinovac, and 126,360 doses of Pfizer vaccines, he saidNegros Occidental also received 17,000 doses of Moderna vaccines on Friday, October 15.Bacolod City received 11,700 doses of Pfizer and 30,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines on Monday.The Negros Occidental vaccination drive is continuing on a daily basis because the national government has been giving the province a lot of vaccines, he said.“I hope our fellow Negrenses will take this opportunity to have ...

“That’s fake news.”That was the reaction of Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon Monday, October 18, to a Banat News YouTube post quoting her as saying that Vice President Leni Robredo had committed violations against Comelec rulesThe report quoted Guanzon, a Negrense, as citing Robredo and her team for seeking possible campaign contributions from foreigners and supporters for her presidential run.The report also quoted Guanzon as saying that the election has not started yet and the camp of Robredo appears to have committed numerous violations.“Just in: Hala! Comelec, kunumpirmang ma-didisqualified na si Robredo (confirms Robredo will be disqualified)?" the YouTube post of Banat News TV on October 17 said.*