
Negros provinces not opening borders to bus operations yet
PDEA photoPublic transportation between the two Negros provinces will resume when the COVID-19 situation on the Oriental side improves, Negros Occidental provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, October 26.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson met with the Provincial Incident Management Team and the “assessment is there is more risks on the part of Negros Occidental in opening up the borders to public transportation with Oriental”, he said.He pointed out that the Department of Health has classified Negros Oriental as a COVID-19 high risk area for COVID-19 under Alert Level 4.Negros Occidental has been classified as a COVID-19 low risk area under Alert Level 2, Diaz added.“It’s counterproductive to our campaign against COVID-19 if we allow unimpeded or unchecked travel b...