By Adrian Stewart Co Ilonggo Juanito Paredes got back on the winning track with a second round stoppage win over Negrense Roy Sumugat on Saturday, December 4, at the Elorde Sports Complex in Parañaque City. This was a bounce back victory for the Dumangas, Iloilo-native Paredes after dropping his last two matches, including a unanimous …
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Alegarbes wins PH’s first gold in Asian Youth Para Games
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense para swimmer Ariel Joseph Alegarbes delivered three medals, including the Philippines’ first gold, in the Asian Youth Paralympic Games over the weekend in Manama, Bahrain. The Silay City, Negros Occidental-native Alegarbes clinched a gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly S14 multiclass for boys 17-18 years old with a time of …
Calatrava man jailed over ‘drugs’
Police arrested a 40-year-old man facing illegal drugs charges at Sitio Mantulungan in Barangay Buenavista, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. The suspect identified as Roel Tagboy of the said place was arrested around 12:30 p.m. on December 3 through the strength of an arrest warrant for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act …
DSB to implement stricter COVID protocols in Jan. 2022
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The municipal government of Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) in Negros Occidental will be implementing stricter protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 effective January next year. Mayor Marxlene Dela Cruz said he will issue an executive order that will ban the entry of unvaccinated vendors in its seven public markets. …
Western Visayas has maintained its dark green zone status as African swine fever (ASF)-free region through the continued efforts of the Department of Agriculture 6 (DA-6) and its attached agencies, partners from private organizations and hog raisers associations. DA-6 has taken the serious lead in implementing measures against the spread of ASF to maintain the region’s dark green zone status. It has heightened the border restrictions as well as the quarantine and disinfection measures in all ports of entry in the region. It has also involved state universities, the private sector, the Department of Interior and Local Government, and local government units (LGUs) in the implementation of ASF prevention and control through the P4 approach- Person (logistic and manpower support), Programme (ASF Prevention and Control), Pesos (Funding), and Proclamation (relevant ordinances). According to DA-6 Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter, she consistently calls out for continuous collaboration of the Bureau of Animal Industry and municipal agriculturists. She added that hog raisers must be informed about the threats of ASF and lobby for ordinances that shall monitor the transactions of pork products and strict compliance to bio-security measures. “We cannot compromise the P20-billion hog industry of Western Visayas. Local government units are advised to make their amended bans on pork and pork-based products,” Recoter pointed out. As of October 2021, the efforts have gained results as a total of 35 local ordinances institutionalizing the engagement of LGUs in the strict compliance monitoring against the entry of ASF have been passed. Moreover, the agency has trained 132 barangay biosecurity officers and Geotagging Information System for six provinces. All provinces are now submitting ASF negative incidence reports. Recoter also said that DA-6 has procured two units of RT-PCR machines and is testing an average of 290 samples a week. Cnsecutive confiscations of pork products identified taken from ASF-infected regions in the Philippines and other countries were also executed by provincial veterinarian offices. Negros Occidental, from January to October this year, has confiscated about P1.2 million worth of pork products transported from Luzon and Mindanao from airports, seaports and terminals. NO SHORTAGE OF PORK SUPPLY Meanwhile, the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) denied reports that there is a shortage of pork supply ahead of the holiday season. PVO head Dr. Renante Decena said Negros Occidental has a lot of supply of hogs as they release ho0gs in market hubs in Luzon as well as in the neighboring islands of Cebu and Panay. At present, the price of pork in Negros Occidental remains stable at P250 to P260 per kilo. “So ang ginapaguwa naton is gadalagan 8,000 to 10,000 a month, and subong ga-increase na ang presyo sa Luzon mga P160 to P170, so that is why damo kita buyer nga gakadto diri,” Decena explained. He pointed out local producers are capable of balancing the current supply of hogs in the province./WDJ
Western Visayas has maintained its dark green zone status as African swine fever (ASF)-free region through the continued efforts of the Department of Agriculture 6 (DA-6) and its attached agencies, partners from private organizations and hog raisers associations. DA-6 has taken the serious lead in implementing measures against the spread of ASF to maintain the …
Toboso gov’t workers required to get vaccinated
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Employees of the municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental are required to submit a vaccination card or a negative RT-PCR test result for work effective December 16, Mayor Richard Jaojoco announced on his social media account yesterday. Jaojoco said employees who won’t follow his directive will be penalized in …
Bacolod surpasses ‘Bayani Bakunahan’ target set by DOH
The Bacolod City government surpassed the original target set by the Department of Health (DOH) for the November 29 to December 1 “Bayanihan Bakunahan” campaign to hasten government efforts to achieve herd immunity. A total of 70,752 doses were inoculated to Bacolodnons, including 12-17 year-old teeners and seniors with co-morbidities, by the more than 200 …
Over 14K AstraZeneca shots expire in NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz II, confirmed that the province will return the 1,492 vials or 14,920 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to the Department of Health (DOH) that have already expired. Dr. Claudelia Pabillo, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Storage Facility, said the expired vaccines were part of …
Reaching out amid lockdown
I know we can never wipe out poverty entirely. There will always be poor, suffering people. Christ himself said as much. “The poor you will always have with you…” (Mt 26, 11) But this does not mean that we should not do anything, at least to mitigate that problem, helping poor people as much as …