By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Valladolid District Hospital in Negros Occidental’s Valladolid town was temporarily closed last week after four of their medical staff tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19. Based on information released through Facebook by the municipal government of Valladolid, the group comprises of one doctor, one nurse and …
Monthly Archives: September 2020
6 nabbed for illegal cockfighting
Six were arrested on Saturday, August 29, for illegal cockfighting in Barangay Talacdan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Authorities identified the arrested as 39-year-old Aming Losibar of the said place; Paterno Orense and 40-year-old Abet Moreno of Kabankalan City; 68-year-old Eleuterio Arbolado; 40-year-old Rogie Calingcag of Candoni; and 39-year-old Ronald Geralao of Ilog. Police said the group …
3ID commander lauds 94IB’s ops against NPA in Himamaylan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) commander Major General Eric Vinoya has lauded the 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) following their successful operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. In his statement, Vinoya commended 94IB for foiling the NPA’s illegal activities. The 3ID commander …
Western Visayas Covid-19 cases breach 4K mark
The total number of coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19, cases in Western Visayas has exceeded the 4,000-mark, the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) 6 said. The region logged on Saturday 180 confirmed cases and 107 recoveries. This brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region to 4,253, and …
Truck carrying illegal firearms intercepted in Escalante
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 10-wheeler wing van truck from Cebu was intercepted by authorities on Saturday at the Danao Port in Barangay Old Poblacion, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Escalante City Police Station chief, Police Major Gil John Despi, said that eight .45 caliber pistols were recovered at the wing van truck loaded with …
Benitez tells critics to offer solutions
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former congressman Alfredo Benitez told critics to offer solutions after drawing flak from some sectors that he should be blamed for the non-approval of the national Inter-Agency Task Force of the 4-day timeout weekend mass testing program. “To our critics, may you emulate our frontliners. Instead of maligning us, help …
Media and information literacy
We need to have due concern for this matter. We are now in a fast-moving-and-evolving digital world and we cannot afford to be ignorant and illiterate in its ways. We have to level up. As described by Wikipedia, the purpose of being information and media literate is to engage in a digital society. Thus, “one …
Encouraging digital careers
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our society, especially our employment and economic realities. As of the April 2020 Labor Force Survey from the Philippine Statistics Authority, the unemployment rate rose to 17.7 percent, which translates to around 7.3 million Filipinos being out of work. To compare, in January 2020, the unemployment rate …
Etched in stone
It was a eureka moment for anthropologist Paola Cerrito. “We weren’t expecting the results,” she said about a set of skeletons from Malawi, Central Africa. The skeletons were accompanied with extensive medical records and thoroughly documented personal histories. “I had an ‘ah-ha moment’ when looking at the thin sections under the microscope and thinking that …
Who wants a revolution?
On August 22, a group of reportedly three hundred people converged at the Clark Freeport in Pampanga to present a resolution that calls on the President to head a revolutionary government until the end of his term in 2022. The Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC) appealed for public support in its call …