Tag: Negros Occidental
SP to hear complaint vs. ‘Hepatitis C outbreak’
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Health is set to hold a hearing on a complaint of an alleged “outbreak of Hepatitis C virus” at the hemodialysis facility of a private hospital in the city.Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee of Health chair, said on Friday, December 10, that she has set the hearing at the SP session hall at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.Representatives of the City Health Office, Department of Health and the City Legal Office, and the stakeholders from both sides have been invited so all sides can be heard, Rojas said.Rojas said the hearing is being held in response to a letter sent by Alma Lamis Desabille, a representative of the complainants, to Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran.It was alleged that more than 60 patients were affected, Rojas said.Desabill...
5th District congresswoman, 4 mayors for Marcos, Carpio
Candidate for board member Rolito “Bebot” Espinosa, Binalbagan Vice Mayor Ursecio Inodeo, Hinigaran Vice Mayor Teresita Gabrido, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan, Rep. Ma Lourdes Arroyo, Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla, Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol, Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Celestina Yulo and candidate for board member Anthony Occeño (l-r) at the Isabela Socio Cultural Center in Isabela, Negros Occidental, Friday, December 10.*Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo and four mayors of the fifth district of Negros Occidental are supporting the tandem of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio.Two other mayors of the fifth district have yet to announce whom they are supporting.Arroyo, in an interview Friday, Decembe...
P16.7M in smuggled sugar seized in Subic, BOC says
BOC photoThe Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Subic seized refined sugar declared as “twist floor maps” and “plastic trash bags” with an estimated value of P16.7 million, it reported Friday, December 10.Information that the shipment was suspected to contain sugar prompted the port to issue Pre-Lodgment Control Orders (PLCO) against the 14x20’ containers consigned to Multi Subsonic Marketing Co., the BOC said.Physical examination was conducted on Tuesday, December 7, in the presence of the Enforcement and Security Service, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) resulting in the discovery of the undeclared sugar.Issuance of Warrants of Seizure and Detention ...
Gov allows increase in boat passengers, new bus route
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has granted the request of the 2GO Group to increase the number of passengers on its vessels bound for Negros Occidental, and of Vallacar Transit Inc. for a new route.Lacson granted the request of 2GO to increase the passenger cap of its vessels bound for Negros Occidental to 70 percent effective December 16.The classification of Negros Occidental to Alert Level 2 and Executive Order 21-55, Series of 2021 provided that “intrazonal and interzonal travel of all ages and for any purpose, including leisure, shall be allowed,” Lacson said.The previous restrictions on travel have been eased but minimum public health protocols must still be observed at all times, he said.Lacson also granted the request of Vallacar Transit Inc. to resume bus trips from Duma...
447 JOs in Isabela finally paid: mayor
The Sangguniang Bayan of Isabela, Negros Occidental, finally approved the release of funds for the payment of more than 400 job order workers, Mayor Irene Montilla said Friday, December 10.“I made sure they got paid for three paydays because they stopped getting paid starting October 15,” the Isabela mayor said.They were paid their salaries from October 15 to November 30, Montilla said.The mayor in November had complained that 447 JO workers had not been paid since October because of the failure of the SB led by Vice Mayor Renato Malabor Jr. to approve the release of funds.Malabor is running against Montilla for mayor of Isabela in the 2022 polls.There are still a lot of pending requests that the SB has not acted on, which is crippling the delivery of basic services and...
Accidental firing kills senior citizen
NOCPPO photoA senior citizen died after he accidentally fired his gun in his home at Hacienda Carmen, Brgy. Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Thursday, December 9.The victim was 71-year-old Benbenido Castigador.The victim was holding his firearm when it accidentally fired and hit him on the leg, the police said.He was found by his niece on the floor with a wound on his left leg.He was brought to Talisay City Health Center for medication but was declared dead on arrival.*
Teenager found dead in Calatrava
Calatrava PNP photoA teenager was found dead near a river at Sitio Capanoyan, Brgy Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Thursday, December 9.Nonie Boy Pales, 19, of Sitio Mainit, Brgy. San-Isidro, Toboso, was already lifeless when he was discovered by a resident.The victim sustained gunshot wounds to his forehead and neck, the police said.He was brought to the Calatrava Municipal Health Office for post-mortem examination.Residents said they heard two gunshots around 4 to 5 a.m. on Thursday.The police are still investigating the motive for the killing.*
Arroyo gives 117 E-Trikes to barangays in 5th District
The E-Trikes were distributed to the 117 barangays of the fifth district of Negros Negros Occidental on Friday, December 10.*Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo distributed E-Trikes to the 117 barangays of the fifth district of Negros Occidental at the Isabela Socio Cultural Center in Isabela town, Negros Occidental, Friday, December 10.They are her Christmas gifts to the barangay captains of the fifth district because the multi-purpose vehicles are what the barangays need, she said.Arroyo was joined by mayors Rhumyla Mangilimutan of La Castellana, Irene Montilla of Isabela, Alejandro Mirasol of Binalbagan and Ella Celestina Yulo of Moises Padilla in the distribution of the E-Trikes.Also present were vice mayors Ursecio Inodeo of Binalbagan, Renato Malabor Jr. of Isabela, Teresita Gabr...
Cong. Marilou Arroyo maga suporta sa kandidatura ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa pagka presidente
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4a5oR70PGI&live=1[/embedyt]5th District Representative Ma Lourdes Arroyo ang maga suporta sa kandidatura nanday Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. kag Mayor Sara Duterte sa 2022 nga piniliay.Si Arroyo nga katapo sang Lakas-CMD kag kapartido ni Mayor Sara ang nagsiling nga suportado niya ang Uniteam ukon ang Marcos-Duterte tandem kag siya ang maga kampanya para sa ila sa iya nga sakop.Ginalauman man ni Arroyo nga ang mga alkalde sang kinto distrito ang maga suporta man sa Uniteam. Maga suporta sa Marcos-Duterte tandem kanday Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo sang Moises Padilla, Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan sang La Castellana kag Raymund Tongson sang Himamaylan City.Sa bahin ni Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla, nga katapo sang Nationalist People’s Coalition,...