Tag: Negros Occidental
Spreading ‘manipulated’ sex video violation of anti-voyeurism act: NBI
The persons caught spreading an alleged manipulated sex video and photos of a Negrense beauty queen will be held liable for violating the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 and the identity theft law, National Bureau of Investigation Bacolod Chief Renoir Baldovino said Friday, December 3.The beauty queen sought the help of the NBI Thursday following the spread of a video and nude photos that she said were manipulated to make it appear that she was the one in them, Baldovino told DIGICAST NEGROS earlier.The Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 carries the penalty of imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and a fine of not less than P100,000 but not more than P500,000, or both, at the discretion of the court, Baldovino said.The uncon...
Photo of the Day (December 3, 2021)
A steel bridge that was up for demolition collapsed in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Friday, December 3.*
DSB has no Covid-19 cases, 11 LGUs down to single digits
Don Salvador Benedicto town is COVID-19 free, while 11 other local government units in Negros Occidental are down to single-digit cases, a Provincial Incident Management Team report showed Thursday, December 2.COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental were down to 417 on Thursday with Salvador Benedicto having zero cases, Toboso – 1, Manapla – 2, EB Magalona – 3, San Enrique – 3, Valladolid – 4, Candoni -6, Isabela – 6, Escalante – 7, Murcia -7, Calatrava -8 and Ilog – 8.The LGU with the highest number of COVID-19 cases is La Carlota City with 30 followed by Talisay City -29, Hinigaran - 26, Himamaylan City – 25, Bago City – 25, Cauayan – 24, San Carlos City - 23, Hinoba-an – 20, Victorias City – 18, Moises Padilla – 17, Kabankalan City - 16, Pulupandan – 16, Sagay City -16, Cadiz City -...
UNegA general assembly set, 180 members taking oaths
More than 180 members of the United Negros Alliance are set to take their oaths at a general assembly at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum in Bago City Saturday morning, December 4, Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, UNegA secretary general, said Friday.He said the oath taking will be conducted to upgrade the UNegA records.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Love Negros will be attending the UNegA general assembly, he said.Among UNegA’s members are Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva (1st District), Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (2nd District) and Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo (3rd District), six board members and 16 mayoral bets, 13 of whom are incumbent, Escalante said.The Saturday gathering will be a general assembly and Christmas party, Escalante said.A decision...
House approves Benitez bill upgrading TLJPH bed capacity
The House of Representatives has approved a bill increasing the bed capacity of the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental, from 100 to 300 beds, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said Friday, December 3.Benitez, who authored House Bill 10463, said “upgrading TLJPH will enhance its capacity to address the healthcare needs of Negrenses.”The bill, which was approved by the House on Wednesday, December 1, states that the existing professional health care services and facilities of the TLJPH shall also be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity.The existing workforce of the TLJPH, which includes doctors, nurses and support personnel, will also be increased correspondingly....
Bacolod NBI investigates ‘manipulated’ sex video
A Negrense beauty queen sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation Thursday, December 2, to investigate and halt the circulation of a sex video on the internet, NBI Bacolod chief Renoir Baldovino said.The complainant went to the NBI office to complain that a sex video was edited or manipulated to make it appear that she was the female featured in it along with two males, he said.She pointed out that her face was superimposed on the body of the female in the video, he said.The complainant said the body of the female in the video has a birth mark but she does not have one on her body, he added.An official complaint was filed before the Bacolod NBI against a still unknown suspect and the beauty queen was asked to submit additional supporting evidence to help them ...
4 from South Africa Covid-19 negative
Four persons from South Africa who arrived in Negros Occidental last week have tested negative for COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, December 2.All four will remain in quarantine for 14 days from the time of their arrival in Negros Occidental as an extra precaution, Diaz said.They arrived in the province before the national government imposed a ban on the entry of travelers from South Africa, where the feared COVID-19 Omicron variant was first detected.Three of those who arrived in Negros Occidental on November 24, 25 and 26 are consultants of BioPower, a renewable energy power firm. Two are quarantined in a rented house in Calatrava and one in La Carlota City.A returning overseas Filipino from South Africa who arrived in Negros Occidental on ...
LGUs would not accept expiring vaccines – Diaz
.Janelle Dawn Belleza Aragona/Faye Barbasa photoNegros Occidental was not able to utilize 14,620 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines received in November because they were nearing expiration and local government units did not want to accept them, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, December 2."We value our vaccines, we want to use them, we do not delay but we value more the vaccinees," Diaz said.The potency of vaccines decreases as the period of expiry nears, he said.So if expiring vaccines are used they may not give adequate protection to the recipients and would give a false sense of security, Diaz said.“The vaccines are important, but if made to choose we will value more the health and safety of our vaccinees,” he said.More than 45,000 doses of Astra...
Negros Occidental tops Western Visayas vax drive with 142.19% performance
Negros Occidental topped the three-day national vaccination drive in Western Visayas with 213,291 vaccine recipients or 142.19 percent of its target, a DOH partial report as of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, December 2, showed.The target number set by the Department of Health (DOH) for Negros Occidental during the "Bayanihan Bakunahan" campaign from November 29 to December 1 was 150,000 vaccine recipients.Vaccinated in Negros Occidental on Day 1 were 68,911, Day 2 – 71,012 and Day 3 – 73,368, the DOH reported.Bacolod City had the third highest number of vaccine recipients in the region at 70,752 accomplishing a 106.92 percent record beyond its target set by DOH of 66,171 recipients.Vaccinated in Bacolod on Day 1 were 29,047, Day 2 - 18,897 and Day 3 – 22,808, the DOH reported.Ilo...