Thursday, March 12

Tag: Negros Occidental

Dec82021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments
Testing kag early diagnoses ginaduso para mapunggan ang pagdamo sang HIV cases

Testing kag early diagnoses ginaduso para mapunggan ang pagdamo sang HIV cases

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzcEtLz_RqA&live=1[/embedyt]May 981 ka bag-o nga HIV (human immunodeficiency) cases nga na report sa Pilipinas sang bulan sang Setyembre sin inga tuig.Pang-apat ang Region 6 nga nag record sang 64 ka bag-o nga kaso sang HIV sa amo nga bulan sandig sa report sang Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious diseases – Western Visayas.Humalin naman sang Enero tubtob sa Setyembre nga datus, 8,945 ang new HIV cases sa pungsod.Pero ginapatihan nga ini ang under reported bangud sang stigma dala sang HIV/AIDS, kakulang sang access para sa testing sa pila ka mga probinsya sa pungsod kag ang epekto man sa mga health services sang Covid-19 pandemic.Padayon ang pagsaka sang HIV cases sa pungsod. Sang 2011, may 6 ka average nga ba...
Read More
Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Cebu Pacific increases flights to Bacolod

Cebu Pacific increases flights to Bacolod

Business
Cebu Pacific continues to boost its domestic network to address the rising demand for travel as it adds daily flights from Manila to Bacolod beginning December 16, 2021, bringing its total to 16 times a week.CEB will be operating Manila-Bacolod flights twice daily, on top of its twice-weekly flights exclusively for fully-vaccinated passengers until January 15, 2022. “Our sincerest thanks to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for supporting the recovery of air travel to and from Bacolod and for recognizing the need for additional frequencies in order to reduce fares. We also congratulate his good office for successfully ramping up the vaccination drive of the province,” ...
Read More
Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Kiko leads convergence for research, innovation

Kiko leads convergence for research, innovation

Business
Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) hosted a blended meeting of government and non-government stakeholders for an information and research exchange on innovation that can be pursued to maximize and preserve natural resources that abound in Negros forests, especially in the Third District.The convergence Tuesday, December 7, among key representatives from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 6 and Negros Occ., Forest Products Research and Development Institute(FPRDI), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Provincial Environment Management Office, Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC), Slow Food Movement, and USAID Fish Right Program, tackled opportunities for collaborative research and initiatives for sustainable ...
Read More
Dec82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Face-to-face classes eyed in 31 more Negros, Bacolod schools

Face-to-face classes eyed in 31 more Negros, Bacolod schools

Top Stories
Face-to-face classes are expected to start in 31 more schools in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental early next year.Face-to-face classes started at the Alangilan National High School in Bacolod City and nine other schools in Negros Occidental on Monday, December 6.Bacolod Superintendent of Schools Gladys Amylaine Sales said on Tuesday, December 7, that she has recommended face-to-face classes in five other schools in Bacolod City.She suggested the inclusion of the Arceo Elementary School, Rafael Alunan Elementary School, Asuncion Lizares Elementary School, Fr. Gratian Murray Integrated School and the Vista Alegre Granada Relocation Elementary School, Sales said.The target is to have face-to-face classes for 40 vaccinated learners in each grade level, she said.They are a...
Read More
Dec82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Capitol waiting for instructions from DOH on expired vaccines

Capitol waiting for instructions from DOH on expired vaccines

Top Stories
CAAP-Bacolod photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government is still waiting for instructions from the Department of Health (DOH) on whether the 14,620 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that expired on November 30 can still be used.The 14,620 doses remain in storage at the provincial government’s cold room on instructions of the DOH, Dr. Claudelia Josefa Pabillo, Provincial Health Office cold chain coordinator, said Tuesday, December 7.Whether the vaccines can still be used will depend on an emergency use authority issued by the Food and Drug Administration and instructions from the DOH, she said.The expired vaccines were part of 45,300 AstraZeneca doses that arrived in Negros Occidental on November 8.Pabillo said they distributed vaccines with shorter shelf lives first b...
Read More
Dec82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Baby hit by stray bullet dies

Baby hit by stray bullet dies

Top Stories
A one-year-old baby girl died after she was hit by a stray bullet in her home at Barangay Caduhaan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental Sunday, December 5.Police said a firearm was allegedly fired indiscriminately by forest ranger Nomar Ayan Berto, 46, who surrendered to the authorities Tuesday, December 7.The baby was playing in her bed when the stray bullet passed through their wall and hit her in the head.Police are still locating the firearm used by the suspect, who will be charged for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.*
Read More
Dec82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
San Carlos grants incentives to vaxxed market vendors

San Carlos grants incentives to vaxxed market vendors

Top Stories
San Carlos PIO photoThe San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental is granting incentives to fully vaccinated vendors at its main public market.San Carlos Mayor Renato Gustilo in Executive Order 248, Series of 2021 said the city government will wave rental fees of stalls and spaces of fully vaccinated vendors at the Jose V. Valmayor Jr. Public Market this December.It will also impose a one month deduction in the computation of the calendar year 2021 annual income of the vendors on the renewal of their business permits, he added.“It is just but proper that they be given incentives for following the city government's proactive measures to ensure the safety of its people during the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.*
Read More
Secured By miniOrangeSecured By miniOrange