Two suspected drug personalities were collared after Kabankalan City police conducted a buy-bust operation at a relocation site in the city’s Barangay 9 on Wednesday afternoon. Police identified the suspects as 26-year-old Levan Francisco, a tricycle driver of Barangay 2 and 26-year-old Judilyn Juanico alias “Azumi” of Purok Paraiso in the city’s Barangay Hilamonan. Kabankalan …
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Over 1.5K confirmed Covid cases not yet traced in WV
Department of Health (DOH) 6 data shows that 1,532 of the total 4,684 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Western Visayas are not yet traced. Dr. Glen Alonsabe, DOH-6 regional epidemiologist and this week’s spokesperson, reported that around 67 percent or 3,152 confirmed cases have been contract traced as of August 31. Alonsabe said only the …
Results of mass testing still pending for release
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The results of the Covid-19 mass testing conducted in Bacolod City and four localities in Negros Occidental from August 28 to 31’s “Timeout Weekend” have yet to be released, Provincial Health Officer Ernell Tumimbang said on Wednesday. “We expect it may come out this week,” Tumimbang said. He revealed …
Diocese of Bacolod suspends masses anew in Bacolod City
The Diocese of Bacolod has again ordered a suspension of masses within Bacolod City following the city’s return to the general community quarantine (GCQ). In a letter by the Diocese of Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon, he said the masses will be suspended from September 3 until September 15. However, funeral masses and other celebrations of …
BCPO to deploy 35 inner, border checkpoints
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the Home Quarantine Passes (HQPs) being reimposed in the city and the recent decision to place the city under general community quarantine, Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will deploy 35 inner and border checkpoints. BCPO spokesperson, Police Lt. Colonel Ariel Pico, said 27 inner checkpoints will be deployed in …
Piety in body and soul
We have to make sure that our piety and our devotion to God and everything related to him has to involve both the body and soul. It has to involve our whole person. It just cannot be purely spiritual or purely material. It just cannot be only a matter of knowing the doctrine, quite cerebral …
Weekend lockdown in Bacolod
Tension, fear and anxiety are the most common effects of the pandemic. Last weekend caused fear to some residents of Bacolod City when the local government conducted a Covid-19 mass testing. Some do not understand the basis or process of selecting the individuals “qualified” for the mass testing. The government just declared a certain number …
Economic effects of pandemic
The current Covid-19 pandemic that we are experiencing now is really beyond our expectation. People are not prepared for this phenomenon worldwide and even the most progressive economy is caught off guard. It’s a sad reality wherein we have no solution in sight. The economy is down the drain and the most affected are the …
Four scary months
“I’m very pro vaccine. I get all six of my kids vaccinated. I believe vaccines save millions of lives, and people ought to be getting vaccinated.” – Robert Kennedy, Jr. Let us not be confused. Let’s be informed and remain vigilant. Authorities should refrain from giving us false hopes now that China is reportedly a …
DBP backs infra and social services in Samal, Bataan
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P40-million seven-year term loan to the local government of Samal, Bataan to finance the municipality’s housing project, including the acquisition of needed service vehicles and heavy equipment to facilitate the delivery of public services. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa said that …