By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental has a recovery rate of 66 percent of the total confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, a report from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed. PHO report showed that of the 3,790 confirmed Covid-19 cases as of October 13, a total of 2,486 have recovered. Of the …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
6 sacadas positive for Covid-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of sugar migrant workers or “sacadas” from Antique province who have tested positive for Covid-19 is now at six following the latest results released by the Negros Occidental Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) on Wednesday night. Dr. Zeaphard Caelian, PIMT head, said they have now tested 600 sacadas, …
4-year-old boy shot in Himamaylan City
A four-year-old boy was killed in what the police described a botched attempt to kill his father in Himamaylan City’s Barangay Mahalang around 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14. Himamaylan City police report showed that the gunmen, 25-year-old Jigger and 30-year-old JR De la Torre, wanted to shoot 28-year-old June Lee Salgado, but the bullet …
NegOr guv, wife test negative for Covid-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and his wife Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday, October 14. The Degamo couple underwent swab testing after a malicious post on Facebook claimed that they were positive with the coronavirus. The mayor and her companions tested negative after arriving from …
‘Et erat subditus illis’
The Latin expression means “he was subject to them,” or “he was obedient to them.” This is lifted from the gospel of St. Luke (2, 51) in that episode where the child Jesus was lost and then found in the temple. In the concluding part of that episode, Mary, the mother, asked the child, “Why …
Ex-‘gunrunner’ and COVID-19 survivor dangles $100 for Trump
“I’ve been wrong on everything about Trump; I’ve been wrong about everything on the Republican side of the ledger. But allow me – with that caveat – to made the prediction that Donald Trump will not be the president of the United States. It just will not happen.” – Cory Booker A confessed former “gunrunner” …
Stop exporting sugar to US
I have received a copy of the urgent resolution authored by Iloilo Board Member Matt Palabrica, a very good friend of mine, wherein Iloilo province was requesting President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Agriculture Secretary William Dar to consider to stop exporting sugar to the United States because sugar farmers lose money in the transactions. The …
The lack of safe driving knowledge
In society today where social media and traditional public information remain to be vital parts of communication and knowledge, most subjects of talks and chats are on the current Covid-19 pandemic. Even national and local government leaders seem to be more focused now on the issue of health and hygiene imposing stricter health protocols for …
Lacson signs MOU with CHMSC for graduate studies of NegOcc gov’t employees
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC)–Talisay president, Dr. Norberto Mangulabnan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Continuing Professional Development Program Scholarship Grant of government employees in 31 cities and municipalities of the province for school year 2021 – 2024. Held at CHMSC-Talisay, the signing ceremony was …
Salaries of 600 capitol job hires delayed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Almost 600 job hires of the provincial government of Negros Occidental have not received their salaries for three months. Renelo Lastierre, president of the Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE), said in a recent meeting with Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, these job order (JO) workers appealed for help. “These people …