Tag: Negros Occidental

Nov112021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Former Bacolod top cop now PRO-6 director

PRO-6 photoThe former top cop of Bacolod City is now the director of the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas.Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo replaced Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda as head of the police regional office, with the turnover of command led by Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar at Camp General Martin Teofilo Delgado in Iloilo City on Wednesday, November 10.Miranda, who had served PRO-6 since December 2020, retired from the service Wednesday.Both Miranda and Dongbo were classmates at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1990.Prior to Dongbo’s new assignment in the region, he was the director and deputy director of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM), ...

Nov112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv favors mandatory Covid jabs if its legal

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez, Mayor Mark Golez and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz at the launching of the Pediatric A3 drive at Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday, November 10, that he is in favor of making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory as long as it is legal.The League of Provinces of the Philippines is open to issuing ordinances for mandatory vaccination against COVID-19, its president Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said on Wednesday.He is in favor of making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, especially for government workers, “there is just the legal issue”, Lacson said.“I am just wondering why if its legal, why is it that there ...

Nov112021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Alleged drug suspect killed in front of house

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Victorias PNP photoA suspected drug personality, who was talking to his friend in front of his house, was shot to death by unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects in Brgy. 20, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, November 9.Killed was Hilarion “Tintoy” Castro, 53, who was identified by the police as a street-level drug personality.The victim was talking to his friend when the two unidentified suspects on board a motorcycle arrived and shot him several times, a police report showed.The victim was immediately rushed to the Kaayong Lawas Medical Foundation Inc. in Victorias City but was declared dead on arrival.Recovered from the crime scene were three fired empty shells and one dud bullet of a .45 caliber pistol.The police are still investigating the case.*...

Nov112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros’ Covid-19 cases, hospital occupancy drop

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The new COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental in the last four days have dropped to double digits and occupancy in hospitals and quarantine facilities in the province decreased.Negros Occidental on Sunday (November 7) had 52 new COVID-19 cases, Monday (November 8 – 34, Tuesday (November 9) – 55 and Wednesday (November 10) – 47, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.On November 5, the province had 101 new COVID-19 cases and on November 6 -146.There were also 82 new COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental from November 5 to 10.Negros Occidental had 1,516 active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported.Zeaphard Caelian, PIMT commander, said the occupancy rate at the COVID-19 designated hospitals and provincial government-run qu...

Nov102021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Lacson, Sotto arriving

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Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III*Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who are running for president and vice president in the 2022 elections, will be in Bacolod City on Saturday, November 13.It will be their second visit to Bacolod and Negros Occidental since they announced that they are running for the top two posts of the country.They are expected to incorporate a live press conference with an Online Kamustahan event at the Barangay Tangub Community Center in Bacolod.Lacson is the chairman of the Partido Reporma party while Sotto heads the Nationalist People's Coalition.*

Nov102021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Supporters ni Mayor Sara Duterte nagalaum nga mapapili siya bilang presidente

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50IDKRAlOdE&live=1[/embedyt]Kahapon gin withdraw ni Mayor Sara Duterte ang iya nga certificate of candidacy bilang mayor sang Davao City. Ang iya utod nga si Sebastian nag withdraw man sang iya COC sa pagka bise alkalde kay siya ang mabulos sa iya nga utod sa pagpa pili bilang mayor.Isa ka dako nga palamangkutanon sa karon kun ano nga national position ang papilian ni sang alkalde. Para kay retired Police Colonel William Senoron, ang convenor sang Padayona Inday Sara-Negros Occidental naga laum sila nga mapa pili bilang presidente ang alkalde sang Davao."Kami sa grupo namon we are pushing her to run for president.. As presidente ofcourse ang pag withdraw niya sang candidacy niya is a welcome development sa part sang padayona Inday s...

Nov102021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Ping Lacson kag Tito Sotto maga abot sa Bacolod sa Sabado

Balita Hiligaynon

Maga padulong sa Barangay Tangub sa Bacolod city sanday presidental aspirant Senador Ping Lacson kag ang iya bise presidente nga si Vicente “Tito” Sotto III sa Sabado.May pila sila ka mga lugar nga kadtuan sa Negros pero ang main event nila ang patigayonon sa community center sang barangay.Ini ang ika duha na nga ti-un sang pagbalik sang duha sa Negros Occidental.Sang nag ligad nga bulan una na sila nga nag padulong sa Talisay City kag nakig sugilanon sa mga lokal nga mga opsiyal.Si Sotto ang chair sang Nationalist Peoples Coalitionukon NPC, ang partido man ni Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson.Si Senator Lacson naman ang chair sang partido reporma. May posible nga ang alliance sa tunga sang duha ka mga partido.

Nov102021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Gov Lacson pabor nga himuon mandatory ang pagpabakuna

Balita Hiligaynon

Capitol photoKun legal man lang, pabor si Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson nga himuon mandatory ang pag bakuna.Suno kay Lacson, luyag niya nga mangin mandatory ini ilabi na sa mga government workers, kun wala man lamang sang legal issues.Dugang pa ni Lacson ang DILG gani ang naga duso man sang local ordinances ukon executive order para diri.Ginsiling man ni League of Provinces of the Philippines President, Governor Presbitero Velasco, Jr. nga ang ila nga grupo ang bukas sa panawagan bahin sa pag pa gwa sang mga ordinansa nga maga patuman sang mandatory vaccination kontra Covid-19.Pero iya man ginsiling nga dapat hatagan sang pagtamod ang right to health, religious beliefs kag right to consent sang mga constituent.Sa pihak nga bahin, labing gina haylo k...

Nov102021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Drug personality patay matapos tiruhon sang riding in tandem

Balita Hiligaynon

Victorias PNP photoPatay ang 53 anyos nga si Hilarion Castro matapos tiruhon sang riding in tandem kahapon sa sa Barangay 20 sa siudad sang Victorias.Sa imbestigasyon sang PNP, naga istorya lang sa isa ka persona ang biktima sa atubang sang iya balay sang gin pondohan siya sang riding in tandem kag gintiro sang makapila ka beses.Dead on arrival sa ospital si Castro.Posible may kaangtanan sa iligal nga droga ang pag patay sa biktima suno sa pulis bangud siya ang gainkabig nga street level individual sang PNP.

Nov102021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Covid cases sa Negros Occidental naga average sa 25-55 kada adlaw

Balita Hiligaynon

Padayon ang pagnubo karon sang active Covid-19 cases sang Negros Occidental. Sa nagligad nga apat ka adlaw nadagdag na sa two digits ang new cases nga gina report.Sa November 9 nga report sang Provincial Incident Management Team, 1,624 ang active cases.Suno kay Zeaphard Caelian ang pamuno sang Provincial Incident Management Team, sang November 6, 25 ang new cases nga na record, sa November 7 naman 52, sang November 8, 34 kag sang kahapon, November 9, 55.Naghalog naman ang mga quarantine facilities. Bisan gani ang Mambukal nga gina gamit bilang quarantine facility sang mga empleyado sang gobyerno duha na lamang ang naga pabilin nga naka quarantine as of November 10.Ang utilization rate sa mga Covid hospital sang probinsya nag nubo naman, 37.25 percent ang utilization rate sa...