By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least eight firefighters from the Talisay City Fire Station have tested positive for the coronavirus disease, or Covid-19. Bureau of Fire Protection-Western Visayas (BFP) director, Fire Senior Supt. Jerry Candido, said five of the firefighters are from the BFP, while the three belong to the Talisay City local government …
Monthly Archives: September 2020
P47.6M ‘shabu’ from NegOcc intercepted in Cebu City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least seven kilos of suspected shabu valued at P47.6 million were seized in an anti-drug operation conducted by the Cebu City Police Office and the Regional Intelligence Division-Central Visayas at Sitio Tipolo Bridge in Cebu City’s Barangay Guadalupe yesterday morning. Police identified the arrested as 32-year-old Rolando Ondoy Romeo; …
Man drowns in fish pond
A man was found dead last Friday morning in a fish pond near his nipa hut at Bangga Tap-ok in Binalbagan town’s Barangay Enclaro. Authorities identified the victim as 54-year-old Pio Rico, Jr., a resident of the said place. Police investigations revealed that the victim had a drinking spree with his brother Noel Rico the …
Woman found dead inside sack in Kabankalan
A 68-year-old woman was found dead inside her house at Sitio Tambulogan, located in the city’s Barangay Orong on September 18. Authorities said the fatality, Margarita Emperado, was discovered by her neighbor inside a sack. She sustained stab wounds on her neck, left chest and lower stomach. Police eyed robbery as possible motive behind the …
P150K ‘shabu’ seized in San Enrique
Suspected shabu weighing 14.66 grams valued at around P150,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation on Friday evening, September 18, at Curvada Orig in San Enrique town’s Barangay Poblacion. San Enrique Police Station led by its chief, Captain Renante Salgado, along with Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit arrested 42-year-old Bernie Malundo Caceres of the said place. …
19 NOPPO medical personnel augment Bacolod contact tracers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) sent 19 police personnel who have medical background to augment the contact tracers of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO). These personnel include 18 licensed nurses and one licensed radiologic technologist who came from provincial headquarters and different city and municipal police stations …
4 of 7 APORs tracked down by NOPPO
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) has tracked down four of the seven individuals classified as authorized persons outside residence (APORs) who refused to be subjected to swab test at the Bacolod-Silay Airport last Tuesday. Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said NOPPO submitted a report to his …
Leonardia pushing for strong immunization program
“It is important to restore vaccine confidence to minimize our ballooning healthcare costs. We must keep our communities safe from vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles, and pneumonia.” Thus said Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia in his opening remarks as national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) at the online session …
NBI-Bacolod: More than 100 fall victims to rice investment scam
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) called on other victims of the rice investment scam to come out and file complaints at their office. NBI-Bacolod head, Atty. Renoir Baldovino, said they had counted more than 100 individuals who have been victimized by the suspects. The NBI has filed charges of …
Plastic and other surfaces (Part 1)
The virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survives outside the human body in the air, on objects and surfaces. A study published in March in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that the virus is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. The study was conducted by scientists …