By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) confirmed yesterday that they have intercepted five individuals who have allegedly presented fake travel documents or reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result. PIMT head Dr. Zeaphard Caelian said of the five individuals they intercepted, four have fake S-PaSS documents and one …
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Iloilo City seeks GCQ status
Iloilo City will request for general community quarantine (GCQ) status instead of modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) extension despite the city’s increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said this will give way to non-essential establishments to reopen so their workers, who have been complaining about having no income, can …
UNegA not affected by current PDP-Laban internal rift
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The possibility of a split within PDP-Laban due to differences of its leaders “won’t matter much” to the United Negros Alliance (UNegA), disclosed by its secretary general, Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. Almost majority of UNegA members led by the late Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. were among the 11,000 …
God’s mercy and our effort
We therefore should not be afraid to do things that would seem impossible for us. We just have to go to Christ, following him very closely, and the impossible becomes possible. God wants us to be like him, holy, merciful, perfect. While he will do everything to achieve that goal and give us all the …
Schools on the brink
Last March, President Duterte enacted into law Republic Act 11534, more widely known as the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act. Certified at the time as urgent by Malacañang, the law was touted as one of the government’s critical interventions to keep the country’s economy afloat amid the pandemic. The thinking …
RTF-ELCAC 6 steps up legal fight vs CPP-NPA
The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC 6) is stepping up its legal battle against the CPP-NPA in Western Visayas. In a conference held at the Police Regional Office 6 headquarters recently, the Joint Focused Legal Action Team (JFLAT) of the RTF-ELCAC 6 emphasized that legal battle with the end state …
78 persons jailed for ‘illegal cockfighting’
Police arrested 78 persons engaged in alleged illegal cockfighting at Hacienda Ma. Jose, Barangay San Isidro in Negros Occidental’s EB Magalona town. Joint operatives of the EB Magalona Police Station led by Police Captain Eric Doronila and 4th Platoon of the 1st Negros Occidental Police Mobile Force Company led by Police Lieutenant Pantaleon Amante arrested …
Further tests needed for NOHS meteorite
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental High School (NOHS) principal Mario Amaca said that personnel from Mines and Geosciences Bureau arrived at the school yesterday morning to examine the meteorite they recovered at the school grounds. According to Amaca, the personnel examined the space rock and they concluded that it has the same metal …
Unified effort needed to combat COVID-19 in NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A unified effort of all local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including its capital Bacolod City, is needed in the fight to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province, capitol consultant Alfredo Benitez said. Benitez, in an interview during the radio program of Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer over …
NegOcc resorts to close on feast of ‘San Juan’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson will issue an executive order (EO) any time this week ordering the closure of all resorts in the province from June 23 to 25 coinciding with the celebration of the feast of St. John the Baptist. This decision was agreed by all mayors in …