Tag: Negros

Dec162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Sea travel, work in some LGUs cancelled as typhoon approaches

PCG photoThe Philippine Coast Guard cancelled sea travel to and from Negros Occidental that was placed under Signal No.1 as Typhoon Odette approached on Wednesday, December 15.Several Negros Occidental local government units (LGUs) also issued orders suspending work Thursday and Friday.Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia suspended face-to-face classes at the Alangilan National High School Thursday and Friday.He also suspended work in all government offices within Bacolod City starting noon Thursday until Friday.Silay Mayor Mark Golez and Himamaylan Mayor Raymund Tongson Jr. also suspended work in all government and private offices, and classes at all levels in their cities on Thursday and Friday.Mayor Renato Gustilo suspended work in all government offices of San Ca...

Dec162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros, Bacolod, rest of PH under AL2 until December 31

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The entire Philippines will remain under Alert Level 2 status from December 16 to 31 after two COVID-19 Omicron variant cases were detected in the country, Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced Wednesday, December 15.This means Negros Occidental and Bacolod City will remain under Alert Level 2 despise the drop in their COVID-19 cases lately.Negros Occidental had 267 active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and Bacolod City had 233.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson also issued Executive Order 21-58, Series of 2021, on Wednesday extending Alert Level 2 over Negros Occidental until December 31.The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is very cautious “because of the threat of Omicron that we see in other countries, territor...

Dec162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Two rebels killed in Himamaylan battle

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Himamaylan PNP photoTwo suspected New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with 94th Infantry Battalion troops in Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday, Dec. 14.Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the 94IB troopers responded to reports of civilians on the presence of armed NPA men in their community that resulted in a gunbattle with about seven fully armed rebels.The fleeing rebels left behind their two slain comrades, whose identities are still being established, he added.Initially recovered from the encounter site were two . 45 caliber pistols, assorted explosives, and subversive documents.Three days earlier, a former government militiaman was killed by suspected NPA rebels in Sitio Cantupa, Brgy. ...

Dec162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol receives 164,840 doses, but refuses expiring AZ vaccines

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Capitol photoNegros Occidental recently received 164,840 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, December 15.The Negros Occidental provincial government did not accept AstraZeneca vaccines that are set to expire in December but received a large supply of Pfizer vaccines that have a shelf life until the end of January, he said.The provincial government asked not to be sent 10,500 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that were supposed to be delivered December 7 because they are expiring this month, he said.However, the provincial government received 49,140 doses of Pfizer vaccines on December 7 with expiration dates at the end of January, Diaz said.The provincial government also received 35,000 doses of Moderna, 70,200 doses of Pfizer...

Dec152021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol set to release bonuses, JO, COS workers to get P3K each

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The bulk of the P65,000 bonus of each of the about 3,400 Negros Occidental employees and casuals are expected to be released by Monday, December 20.To be released are the P25,000 Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) bonus, P25,000 Incentive Benefit for Exemplary Services and P5,000 Performance Based Incentive, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, December 15.They are waiting for the Department of Budget and Management memorandum circular to release the P10,000 Service Recognition Incentive, but the funds for it are ready, he said.Legal prohibitions prevent them from granting job order and contract of service workers bonuses, he said.However, they can be granted a maximum gratuity pay of P3,000 each, which will also be released this Christmas, he said.*

Dec152021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Biyahe sang mga sakayan pagwa kag pasulod sa negros suspendido na bangud sang bagyo

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJJH1BtYjs&live=1[/embedyt]Naka-byahe pa kaina sang aga ang isa ka fastcraft vessel halin Bacolod pa Iloilo.Pero las onse sang aga, wala na gintugutan sang Philippine Coast Guard - Bacolod ang byahe sang tanan nga passenger vessel nga nagabyahe Bacolod-Iloilo-Dumangas vice versa sang ginpaidalom sang pag-asa ang bilog nga isla sang Negros sa Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1.Suno kay Chief Petty Officer Louie Campaner,commander sang PCG-Bredco sub station, ila na ginpanugyan sa mga tagdumalahan sang mga shipping lines nga makig angut sa ila agud matugutan ang mga passenger vessel nga makapangita gilayon sang shelter.Nauna na nga gin suspend sang Coast Guard ang byahe sang mga sakayan nga nagabyahe padulong Cebu sa port sang Es...

Dec152021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Mga LGU naga panghanda na para sa pagsulod sang bagyo

Balita Hiligaynon

Sipalay DRRMO photoMga banwa kag siudad sa Negros Occidental ang nag mansig-mansig handa sa Bagyo Odette. Napaidalom na ang mga disaster teams sang probinsya sa red alert status.Sa Sipalay City, may ginpatigayon nga rekurida sa pagpahanumdom sa mga pumuluyo sa mga dapat buhaton sa tunga sang malain nga tiempo kag kun may pagbaha. Nakahanda naman ang mga katapo lakip na kagamitan sang disaster team.May mga sanga sang kahoy nga ginpang-utod. Sa banwa sang Cauayan naman naka handa na ang mg food packs enkaso nga may evacuation. Gin re-activate na ang Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Council sang banwa.Suno kay Mayor John Rey Tabujara may lima ka mga barangay nga masami nga gina baha ang ila nga gina tutukan. Sa Kabankalan City naman, nagsapol na si Mayor Pedro Zayco para maha...

Dec152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

2 ka NPA patay sa encounter sa Himamaylan

Balita Hiligaynon

Himamaylan PNP photoGin kumpirma ni Captain Kim Apitong, spokesperson sang 3rd Infantry Division nga duha ka miyembro sang New Peoples Army ang napatay sa nagluntad nga enkwentro kahapon sa tunga sang Army kag gina bulubanta napulo ka mga miyembro sang NPA.Suno kay Apitong, nag patigayon sang combat operation ang Army sang ila maka enkwentro ang mga rebelde.Dugang pa ni Apitong, ang ila naka enwentro amo ang suspek sa pag patay sa LGU employee sang himamaylan nga si elmie pacheco nga gin patay sa iya sini puluy-an sa amo man nga barangay sang Sabado.Naka hatag sang impormasyon ang mga pumuluyo suno kay Apitong kun diin nag palagyo ang mga npa amo kun ngaa naka patigayon man sang combat operation.Padayon ang hot pursuit sang army sa mga naka palagyo nga rebelde.

Dec152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Anay CAFGU ginpatay sang mga gina patihan miyembro sang NPA

Balita Hiligaynon

Toboso PNP photoIsa naman ka persona ang gin patay kahapon sa barangay bandila sa banwa sang Toboso kun sa diin may gin patay man nga trabahador sang furniture shop sang nag ligad nga adlaw.Ang mga suspek amo man sa gihapon ang gina tudlo karon sang pnp nga may kahimuan sa pagpatay kahapon sa 54 anyos nga si Ponciano Carbajosa nga isa ka anay kagawad kag anay miyembro man sang CAFGU.Suno kay Staff Sargeant Eugene Kangkee, naga panglakaton lang papauli si Carbajosa sang siya ang gin bangaan sang apat ka mga armado kag gin luthang sang makapila ka beses.Suno kay Kangkee, ang mga armado nga nag luthang kay Carbajosa amo man ang posible may kahimuan sa pag patay kay Mariel Encarquez sang Lunes kag posible ila gina patay ang mga persona nga may sala sa ila.Mahimo mga miyembr...

Dec152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

NOCPPO naga hulat na lang sang order para mapatuman ang ‘no jab, no job’

Balita Hiligaynon

NOCPPO photoGin pahayag ni Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office Spokesperson, Lt Abegael Donasco nga ila karon gina hulat ang written order gikan sa Camp Crame angut sa gin pahayag sang chief PNP nga iya ipatuman sa kapulisan ang resolution sang National Inter Agency Task Force na “no jab, no job.”Natalana nga mag release ang PNP sang memorandum angut diri matapos man gin pahayag ni PNP Chief General Dionardo Carlos nga sila ang naga himo sang tanan nga pamaagi agud i haylo ang kapulisan nga mag pabakuna.Suno kay Donasco, sa 2,386 nga kapulisan sa probinsya, 23 na lang ang wala mabakunahan ukon less than 1% sang kapulisan sa NOCPPO.Ang ini nga mga pulis ang suno sa iya may yara man sang rason para indi mag pabakuna. Mahimo man sila sa gihapon suno kay Donasco nga mag ...