Tag: Negros

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

OWWA providing aid but kin of Murcia OFW want justice

The remains of the overseas Filipino worker who died while in quarantine at a Makati City hotel arrived at her home in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Wednesday, October 20.*Contributed photoThe body of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died while in quarantine at a Makati City hotel arrived at their home in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, October 20, her brother said.Sheila Mae Malibong Hallares, 40, was found dead on October 13 in a room at Eurotel Makati Hotel in Makati City, where she was quarantined on her arrival from Lebanon.Her brother PO1 Nico Malibong, who is assigned to the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office, said while the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has assured them of the insurance due his sister and as...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Oriental guv to issue new travel advisory

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Travelers to Negros Oriental will no longer need to show an SPASS (Safe, Swift and Smart Passage) effective Saturday, October 23.However, negative RT-PCR test results valid for 72 hours will be required if a traveler is unvaccinated, a post on the Negros Oriental Facebook page said.Negative antigen test results valid for 48 hours will be required if a traveler is vaccinated, it added.Governor Roel Degamo is expected to issue an executive order to this effect, and all airlines, sea and land transport companies have to follow the guidelines, the post said.*

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol Cab service now has 15 vehicles

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Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government’s Capitol Cab service, a ride-hailing service for its employees, now has 15 vehicles available for use to protect them from COVID-19 and other dangers, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, October 20.The Capitol created a digital booking application to handle all travel demands from employees of all departments of the provincial government on official business, he said.The Capitol Cab is car-hailing application developed by the Negros Occidental Information Communication Technology Division under the Office of the Provincial Administrator that has been operating for a month.The vehicles under the Capitol Cab are those formerly used by provincial board members, as well as those that had been abandone...

Oct212021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Market vendors sa San Carlos gin require nga magpabakuna

Balita Hiligaynon

Tanan nga mga vendors ukon nagabaligya sa public market sang San Carlos City ang ginmanduan nga mag pabakuna sang Covid-19 vaccine.Sa executive order nga gin papanaog ni Mayor Renato Gustilo, sumugod Nobyembre 30, indi na makasulod sa Jose Valmayor, Jr. Public market ang mga naga baligya kun wala sila nabakunahan.Suno kay Gustilo ang tanan nga maga sulod sa merkado lakip na ang mga manugbakal dapat mag pakita sang ila nga Covid-19 vaccination card. Sang Oktubre 19 nagsugod na ang City Health Office sang pagbakuna sa mga wala pa nabakunahan nga mga vendors.May masobra sa 140 ang nag pabakuna suno sa alkalde. Kun may yara gid man sang mga nagpamalabag suno kay Gustilo may mga walo ini sa ila. Padayon ang panawagan ni Gustilo sa publiko nga dapat magpabakuna agudto malambot ang he...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros wins Galing Pook award for coastal wetlands conservation

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (center) holds up Negros Occidental’s Galing Pook award.*Richard Malihan photoNegros Occidental was named one of the ten 2021 Galing Pook Awardees for its Network Alliances for Coastal Wetlands Conservation during a virtual awarding ceremony Wednesday afternoon, October 20.The network is composed of 10 local government units, 52 coastal barangays, people’s organizations, fisheries and aquatic resources management councils, and hundreds of community-based environmental law enforcers.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson thanked the award-giving body for the recognition given to Negros Occidental.It is significant that Wednesday also marked the fifth year of the declaration of the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation area as a RAMSAR site or Wetland of ...

Oct202021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

5 ka mga napabay-an nga mga salakyan sang Kapitolyo na recover kag gamiton sa Capitol Cab

Balita Hiligaynon

Capitol photoMay lima ka mga salakyan nga iya sang Negros Occidental ang tigayon nga na-recover, ginpakaayo kag karon kabahin na sang Capitol Cab.Suno kay Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, ang ini nga mga salakyan ang ayhan napabay-an sa talyer, ang iban wala na ma follow-up sa mga sub-contractor, ang iban wala ma turn-over kag may yara gani nga ginbilin lang nga naka park.Padayon pa ang pag patigayon sang inventory sa mga government vehicles. Gamiton man ang ini nga mga salakyan bilang kabahin sang Capitol Cab, pero suno kay Diaz, may salabton ang mga departamento kun sa diin ini nga mga salakyan ang na-assign ukon nag gikan.Dapat mahangpan sang tanan nga tipigan ang government properties. Suno kay Diaz ginahanda na karon ang show cause para sa mga natungdan.Sam...

Oct202021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Negros Occidental PNP maga sugod na sa ila ng deployment sa mga patyo sa Lunes

Balita Hiligaynon

All set na sa karon ang Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office para sa tigkalalag ilabi na nga maga sirado ang mga patyo humalin uktubre 30 tubtob Nobyermbre dos.Sandig sa executive order ni Governor Bong Lacson, ipatigayon ang closure sa mga public kag private cemeteries sa probinsya sa amo nga mga inadlaw agud malikawan ang pag dugok sang mga maga bisita sa patyo.Sa Oktubre 25 tubtob 29, kag Nobyembre 3 tubtob 4, i allow sang probinsya ang pag bisita sa mga patyo sa 30% capacity.Gani ang PNP ang maga bantay na sa mga patyo sumugod sa Lunes kun sa diin posible amat amat na nga maga padulong sa patyo ang mga pumuluyo.Suno kay Lt Abegael Donasco, ila i seguro nga mapatigayon sa gihapon ang minimum health standards sa tanan nga mga cemeteries sa probinsya.Gani ang NOC...

Oct212021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Photo of the Day (October 21, 2021)

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The San Carlos city government is vaccinating market vendors to curb the spread of COVID-19.*San Carlos LGU photo

Oct202021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Photo of the Day (October 20, 2021)

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The remains of the overseas Filipino worker who died while in quarantine at a Makati City hotel arrived at her home in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Wednesday, October 20.*Contributed photo