By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Fast craft trips between Bacolod City and Iloilo City were suspended yesterday until Sunday, August 8. Chief Petty Officer Louie Campaner, station commander of the Philippine Coast Guard Bredco sub-station, said the suspension was due to Iloilo City being placed under a “hard lockdown” status. However, roll-on/roll-off trips between Bacolod …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
NESTHY PETECIO GETS P10-M SUNTRUST CONDO UNIT FROM ANDREW TAN
Real estate tycoon Dr. Andrew L. Tan is giving the country’s first silver medalist in the women’s Olympics boxing featherweight division, Nesthy Petecio, a P10-million residential condominium unit in One Lakeshore Drive inside the 11.2-hectare Davao Park District in Lanang, Davao City. The gift, which is a fully-furnished unit, will be in a live-work-play township …
Bacolod Eagles Club to mark 2nd anniversary on August 4
The Fraternal Order of Eagles (Philippine Eagles) with its local chapter Bacolod Eagles Club (BEC) will be celebrating its 2nd Anniversary on August 4, 2021, with a scheduled week-long activities between August 1 – 7, 2021 which includes a mass, various charity activities, tree planting, clean up drive, and others. Despite tremendous hardships with the …
NegOcc PHO temporarily suspends COVID vaccination
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) has temporarily suspended its vaccination operations in Bacolod City for three days so it can correct a backlog in its program. Provincial health officer, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, said they will look into the actual number of COVID-19 vaccines in its storage. “It seems …
La Carlota bridge collapses; 13 people rescued
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least one person was seriously hurt while 12 others were rescued after the steel bridge located at Barangay Balabag in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental collapsed. Based on eye witness accounts, the collapse happened at around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 1, while three vehicles consisting of a sports …
TUPAD program continues in San Carlos City barangay
The local government of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) conducted an orientation on the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) yesterday morning at Barangay Rizal covered court. At least 96 beneficiaries in the said barangay qualified for the TUPAD program of the Department of Labor and …
Iloilo guv issues EO on localized lockdown
Local chief executives in Iloilo province are mandated to enforce strict localized lockdowns to contain further COVID-19 transmission. Yesterday, Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. issued an executive order (EO) enforcing additional COVID-19 surge management measures amid the province’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). “Owing to the COVID-19 situation in the province of Iloilo and the confirmed entry …
Cadiz City mayor to residents: Don’t panic over Beta variant case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante has told residents not to be alarmed and remain calm after the city recorded its first case of the Beta variant of COVID-19. In a radio interview yesterday morning, Escalante explained the Beta variant case was from April and the patient was swabbed and underwent …
Why Diaz’s Olympic gold may be more valuable than Pacquiao’s world titles
An Olympic gold medal, the first since the Philippines joined the Games in 1924, can’t be matched by any medal or championship trophy outside the Olympic Games. It’s priceless, one of a kind, and the only medal that matters in any known sporting competition in the human history. “You have to beat the king to …
Dealing with the Delta variant
As of the time this article was written, Philippine health authorities have detected no less than 114 infections of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the country. This particular strain, first detected in India last October 2020, is among the “variants of concern” identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), which are those that are more …