By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has been included in the list of officials in the province who are due to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine. In an interview yesterday morning, Lacson said he is currently waiting for word from Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, although he requested …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
PIMT to travelers, APORs: Submit yourselves to swab testing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) of Negros Occidental reminds returning Negrenses and authorized person outside residence (APOR) that they are required to submit themselves to RT-PCR test and 24-hour quarantine if they have expired test results upon arrival in the province. PIMT head Dr. Zephard Caelian made the emphasis …
Hinoba-an bans entry of tourists
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The municipality of Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental temporarily banned the entry of tourists as part of precautions against coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Mayor Ernesto Estrao yesterday issued an executive order temporarily imposing a ban on the acceptance of tourists and visitors into the town which immediately came into effect …
Bacolod EOC assures enough beds, facilities for COVID patients
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) over the weekend assured the city’s residents that the city still has enough beds and facilities to treat COVID-19 patients. Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy medical for the EOC, affirmed that there is a sharp increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases with …
2 ‘NPA’ rebels killed in Hinoba-an clash
Two alleged communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels died in an encounter with government forces on Saturday, April 17, at Purok Yuring, Sitio Dash 7 in Barangay Bulwangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental. The 40-minute firefight ensued between the Army’s 15th Infantry Battalion and believed to be members of Platoon 3, Southwest Front of KR-NCBS. The …
Lacson urges travelers to undergo swab tests at airport, seaports
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is requesting travelers entering the province to undergo swab tests at the Bacolod-Silay Airport and seaports upon their arrival. This comes after Lacson said that he has not received information that there will no longer be any extension of the travel moratorium implemented in …
Leonardia gets first dose of COVID vaccine
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia over the weekend received his first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Bacolod City Government Center. Leonardia’s vaccination came after an advisory from the National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center allowing local chief executives (LCEs) in areas deemed critical and high risk to be inoculated. …
College student yields P2.6M ‘shabu’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 396 grams of suspected shabu valued at P2.6 million were seized from a 19-year-old college student following the joint buy-bust operation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) – Bacolod and Police Station 2 at Purok Sigay in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2 on Saturday morning, April 17. Authorities identified …
Motorcycle hits drunken man
A drunken man sustained injuries in the body when a motorcycle hit him at Barangay Agboy Sur in Iloilo province’s Leon town on Saturday. Fifty one-year-old Alberto Guiloriza, a resident of the village, was recuperating at the Aleosan District Hospital, police said. Leon police reports showed a motorcycle driven by 25-year-old Rusbel Candia of the …
Silay City’s No. 6 most wanted falls
Police arrested the sixth most wanted fugitive in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Silay City police said 31-year-old Elmer Magbanua alias “Elmer,” a resident of Sitio Sibatu in the city’s Barangay Guimbala-on, was accused of murder. He was caught on the strength of an arrest warrant around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 17. The suspect was …