Tag: Western Visayas

Dec72021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

F2F classes start in only 9 schools, vaxxed teachers hit 77 percent

Face-to-face classes resume at Alangilan National High School, Bacolod City, Monday, December 6.*Em Ang photoPilot face-to-face classes kicked off in 9 out of 11 Negros Occidental and Bacolod schools initially identified by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, December, 6.Negros Occidental Schools Superintendent Marsette Sabbaluca said pilot classes were unable to start in schools in San Carlos and Himamaylan cities because COVID-19 cases were detected in the communities where they are located.Sabbaluca said 77 percent of the teachers under the Negros Occidental Schools Division have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines, while 64 percent have been fully vaccinated as of December 2.Superintendent Gladys Amylaine Sales said 73 percent of the teachers in B...

Dec22021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

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Dec12021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Negros tops Western Visayas vax drive, Bacolod surpasses target

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The COVID-19 vaccination drive at SM City in Bacolod City Monday, November 29, Ronnie Baldonado photoNegros Occidental vaccinated 70,663 residents against COVID-19 making it the topnotcher in Western Visayas (WV) as the National Vaccination Days kicked off on Monday, November 29, a Department of Health (DOH) report showed.Negros Occidental also topped its new daily target of 50,000 set for the three-day drive, the DOH said.Bacolod City surpassed its 22,057 daily target by vaccinating 29,047 residents on Monday, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force said.Ang said Bacolod City administered 18,881 first and second jabs on adults, 4,357 on minors, and 4,357 booster shots.In Negros Occidental, Bago City vaccinated the most number o...

Nov272021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

PDEA destroys P53.44M worth of illegal drugs

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PDEA-6 photoThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas along with the local government unit of San Carlos destroyed P53.44 million worth of dangerous drugs on Friday, November 26, at a San Carlos City Bio-Power Inc. (SCBI) facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.The drugs were evidence of decided cases from courts in the cities of Cadiz, Silay, Himamaylan, Kabankalan, Bago, and San Carlos in Negros Occidental; Roxas City and Mambusao in Capiz province; and Iloilo province that were surrendered.Of the contraband, 6,280.0099 grams were methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P53,380,084.15, while the 427.7840 grams of marijuana were worth P64,167.The drugs were destroyed through thermal destruction with the use of a broiling machine at SCBI....

Nov182021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Closed season sa Visayan Sea tubtob Pebrero 15

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Ginsuguran na ang closed season sang Visayan Sea ukon ang pagdumili anay sa pagpangisda sa Visayan Sea sa pila ka mga sahi sang mga isda.Sumugod Nobyembre kinse tubtob Pebrero kinse sa madason nga tuig gina dumilian anay sang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ang pagpangisda sang tabagak, balantiyong, tuloy,bulaw kag gumaa sa Visayan Sea.Sa sulod sang tatlo ka bulan, commercial kag municipal fisherfolks ang gina haylo nga indi anay magpanakop sang sini nga mga sahi sang isda.Suno sa kay BFAR Region 6 director Remia Aparri nahangpan nila nga maga gamay ang income sang mga mangingisda pero ang ni nga proseso ang pamaagi para mapa siguro nga may nagakaigo pa nga supply para sa merkado kag lamesa sang mga puluy-an.Gina hinyo man ni Aparri ang mga fisherfolk leaders...

Nov162021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

WV coast guard head promoted to commodore

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Commodore Edgar L. Ybañez*President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has promoted the head of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District in Western Visayas and three others from captains to the next higher rank of commodore’ based on the recommendation of Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade.Promoted were Captain Edgar L. Ybañez of Western Visayas, along with captains Ramon S Lopez, Joeven L Fabul and Mitzie S. Silva-Campo, a press release from the PCG said Tuesday, November 16.Ybañez from Quezon City was part of the PMA Class of 1993. He currently serves as District Commander of the PCG District Western Visayas after his assignment as Commander of the PCG District Northeastern Luzon and Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard Surface Support Force.He also performed va...

Nov162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Minors, persons above 65 now allowed out under AL2

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Minors and persons above 65 years old are now allowed out of their homes with the downgrading of Bacolod City’s COVID-19 status to Alert Level 2 from November 15 to 30, Vice Mayor Elcid Familiaran said on Monday, November 15.The rules on curfew, public gatherings and drinking in public places have also been eased, and movie houses can now operate at 50 percent of venue capacity in Bacolod City.Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Sunday issued Executive Order No. 53 Series of 2021 in compliance with the directive of the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases setting the guidelines for Alert Level 2.Bacolod was previously under Alert Level 4.EO 53 sets curfew hours in Bacolod City from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. pre...

Nov122021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Stop prescribing, using Ivermectin, 2 groups urge

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Two Negros-based medical groups are urging physicians and the public to stop prescribing and using Ivermectin for COVID-19.The Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases – Western Visayas Bacolod and Philippine College of Physicians - Negros Occidental Chapter in a health advisory Wednesday, November 10, stressed that Ivermectin is not approved for COVID-19 prevention and treatment.“We remind the public that there is currently no prophylactic medication that can supersede the benefit of COVID-19 vaccination,” the advisory said.The two groups said they reiterate the joint policy statements by the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Philippine College of Physicians and other medical societies against its use because of the alarming c...

Nov112021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Pag gamit sang face shield gina duso sa gihapon sang DOH

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Ang pagsuksok sang face shield kag iban pa nga dugang nga layer bilang proteksyon batuk sa Covid-19 ang nagapabilin nga rekomendasyon sang Department of Health ilabi na kun yara sa mga closed areas, crowded places kag kun close contact sa Covid positive.Ini bisan pa may pila na ka mga lugar sa pungsod nga wala na nagagamit sang face shield sa mga pampubliko nga lugar.Nagapati ang pamunuan sang Department of Health 6 nga dako nga bulig ang face shield ilabi na karon nga nagalab-ot na sa 671 ang mga Covid-19 variants of concerns kag interests ukon lain nga variants sang Covid-19 sa rehiyon.Sandig sa record sang DOH-6, ang Bacolod ang may yara sang 91 ka mga variants of concerns kag interests, 84 naman ka mga kasubong nga kaso ang na-record sa probinsya sang Negros Occidental...