By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas has released data yesterday showing Bacolod City has now dropped to Alert Level 2 status in COVID-19 alongside Negros Occidental. Data from the DOH-6 showed that the average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Bacolod has significantly dropped from 17.02 percent three to …
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Pag-IBIG Fund releases record-high P65.48 B home loans in Jan-Sept 2021; up 80%
Pag–IBIG Fund again surpassed its own record amid the ongoing pandemic by releasing more than P65 billion in home loans in the last nine months, agency officials announced on Friday, November 5. From January to September, the agency released home loans worth P65.48 billion, which is the highest amount ever released compared to any previous …
Lacson bucks proposal to sanction LGUs with low vaxx turnout
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is not in favor of proposals to impose sanctions on mayors whose local government units (LGUs) have low vaccination turnout. Lacson’s stand came after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to sanction LGUs and local …
Bacolod City expands pediatric vaxx to brgys
The Bacolod City government is going full blast with its inoculation of minors aged 12 to 17 years old following the wide acceptance of the ongoing vaccination campaign of minors and the recognition of the Department of Health citing Bacolod as the top performer nationwide in administering Pfizer jabs to minors. Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy …
Iloilo province begins COVID-19 jabs for minors
A total of 60 minors received their first jab of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, November 5, as the Iloilo provincial government launched its pediatric vaccination against the deadly virus. The kickoff activity, which was held at Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian town, was attended by Department of Health Region 6 (DOH-6) Regional Director Adriano P. …
Jenny Cris Villacampa is Pintaflores Festival Queen 2021
Jenny Cris Villacampa of Julio Ledesma National High School was crowned as the Pintaflores Festival Queen 2021 through Facebook Live Friday night, November 5. Villacampa captured the hearts of the judges with her astounding performance among the seven candidates. She also bagged the People’s Choice Awards, Best in Group Performance and Best in Production number …
Dentistry – and medicine
Perceptions of speech training as oral health care were higher among speech therapists than among the other professionals. It indicates that health care workers might tend to perceive skills or treatments that they usually perform as ones which should be performed as part of oral health care. For a long time, dentistry has been independent …
Let’s persevere in prayer
There are, of course, good days and bad days insofar as our prayer life is concerned. We should not make a big fuss over it. What we have to do is just to move on and to continue exerting effort to pray even if the feelings are not there, even if we feel dry and …
Negros, Iloilo on a roll in PCAP tourney
By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Kingsmen and Iloilo Kisela Knights continued their winning ways in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) San Miguel Corporation-Ayala Land Cup last Saturday. The Kingsmen started the night with a close 11.5-9.5 escape over Toledo before following it up with a 15-6 domination over Camarines to improve its …
Kaya-Iloilo gears up for Copa Paulino Alcantara
By Adrian Stewart Co Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo aims to regain their lost crown in the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara, which kicked off last night at the Philippine Football Federation National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. The Iloilo City-based football club is being tipped as the favored team in the bubble tournament with previous Copa champion …