“Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines, instead, prevent disease. Vaccines have wiped out a score of formerly deadly childhood diseases. Vaccine skepticism has helped to bring some of those diseases back from near extinction.” –Alex Pareene Ignorance will kill more children than measles. If Hippocrates were alive today, he would be spanking idiotic parents whose skepticism …
Monthly Archives: February 2019
A glimpse in Hotel Sogo’s future
The largest hotel chain in the Philippines with 40 branches nationwide, now has a new look. Hotel Sogo, a division of the Global Comfort Group Corporation, reinvents its iconic red and yellow look to a more minimalist approach highlighting red and white with yellow accents. “We retained the red because it symbolizes our passion for …
Measles Outbreak
Bacolod City Health Office on alert By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the Department of Health (DOH) adding the Western Visayas among the regions in the country currently experiencing a measles outbreak, the Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) is on alert against the illness. Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang recently met with CHO officials to …
Cop wounded following suspected NPA encounter in DSB
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A policeman was wounded following a brief encounter yesterday morning with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Don Salvador Benedicto. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) identified the injured law enforcement official as Police Officer 3 Shaun Francis Nelmida. According to a NOPPO report, while personnel from the …
Negros Oriental celebrates ‘Renewable Energy Day’ on March 5
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo recently signing Executive Order No. 22-18, which declares every March 5 as “Renewable Energy Day,” the province became the first to institutionalize support and commitment to renewable energy through an annual commemorative local government event. “Negros Oriental shall prioritize the utilization of clean, renewable …
PHO: Measles cases can be attributed to parents not immunizing children
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Amid the Department of Health declaring a measles outbreak in the Western Visayas, Negros Occidental provincial health officer, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, attributed the high number of cases to parents not taking their children in for immunizations. He said the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is currently conducting an information dissemination campaign …
Significant increase’ in Negros Occidental measles cases
Tumimbang: Situation is ‘manageable,’ not an outbreak By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial health officer, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, yesterday revealed the province is witnessing a significant increase in measles cases with data showing 103 cases reported in 2018, a massive increase from the three recorded in the previous year. Despite the Department of …
Inter-agency anti-drug group tasked with monitoring seaports
Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III, along with representatives from various agencies, recently signed a memorandum of agreement creating the Seaport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (SIADITG). “As mayor of Iloilo City, we are thankful for the creation of this task group because we will now have a new group that will prevent illegal drugs …
Evening earthquakes strike Guimaras, Iloilo
Guimaras and Iloilo were both struck by minor earthquakes Thursday evening. The first tremor occurred around 7:07 p.m., with an epicenter located southwest of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras; while the second quake was recorded just before 10:00 p.m. in the vicinity of Tubungan, Iloilo. Both incidents were fairly minor with the Guimaras quake measuring 2.4 in …
Woman loses mobile phone to snatcher
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A woman was allegedly victimized by a snatcher Thursday morning along Locsin Street in Bacolod City. Police identified the victim as 36-year-old Michelle Makilan, a resident of Libertad Baybay in the said city’s Barangay 16. According to police, Makilan was standing in front of a gasoline station when the unidentified …