With the Tokyo Olympics winding down last weekend, our countrymen are already reveling at the fact that for the first time in nearly a century, Team Philippines will be coming home with multiple medals. The last time we achieved this was at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, where bronze medals were earned by swimmer Teofilo …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
What kind of father are you?
Did he intend to avoid his own flesh and blood? Was he under duress? Better still, is he still alive? If yes he intentionally dodged the possible meeting and is still very much alive and kicking, why blew away the golden opportunity to show warmth and affection to a daughter he left behind when she …
Ilongga Magno moves on from Tokyo loss, vies for Paris Summer Games
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ilongga boxer Irish Magno moves on from her shortened campaign in the just-concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she aims for another Summer Games stint in three years in Paris, France. According to Magno, her crushing defeat to Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong in the women’s 48-51 kilogram division round-of-16 was an eye opener …
Ilonggo Rosquillo joins Dynamic Herb Cebu FC
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ilonggo football player Jaime Rosquillo is set to spread his wings in the Queen City of the South after reaching a deal with the Dynamic Herb Cebu Football Club recently. The Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo-native defender said that becoming part of the Cebu-based football club will play a huge role for his …
Lacson, Ferrer to soon announce president, VP bets
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that they will reveal their bets for president and vice president during the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC). “By that time we will definitely determine who the candidates are. Along with Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, that’s the time that we …
2 Negrense fishermen killed in boat mishap
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two fishermen from Negros Occidental were killed along with two other crew members after figuring in a mishap during a fishing venture off the coast of Zamboanga City on Thursday, August 5. Authorities identified the two Negrense fatalities as 29-year-old Charlie Caspe and 27-year-old Billy Lamag, both residents of Sagay …
CLMMRH COVID-19 fatality rate at 21%
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The fatality rate of COVID-19 patients at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City is currently running at 21 percent. Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH medical director, told DYHB RMN-Bacolod yesterday morning that most of the fatalities are aged 65 to 71 years old. The COVID-19 positivity …
Bacolod IATF probes hotels serving as quarantine facilities without accreditation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) is currently probing reports that some hotels, pension houses and other accommodation establishments in the city are allegedly being used as quarantine facilities even though they do not have any accreditation from the Department of Health (DOH). Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman …
NegOcc’s travel protocols on status quo
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Travel protocols in Negros Occidental are at status quo even as the threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues in neighboring provinces. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, in a text message over the weekend, said that this means that only essential travel is allowed and a negative RT- PCR test …
Doctors’ group to Negrenses: Get COVID-19 jab
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine College of Physicians-Negros Occidental chapter is urging the province’s residents to get vaccinated amid the threat of the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. In an advisory released by the group, they pointed out Negros Occidental is now surrounded by provinces which are reported to have cases of …