Tooth decay poses a significant challenge to health care worldwide. Tooth decay and oral diseases affect 3.9 billion people, with untreated tooth decay impacting almost half of the world’s population. In the Philippines, oral disease continues to be a “serious public health problem,” according to the Department of Health. The prevalence of dental caries or …
Monthly Archives: February 2022
Iloilo stays perfect, Negros splits matches in PCAP
By Adrian Stewart Co Iloilo Kisela Knights maintained their perfect slate in the 2022 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference with a pair of victories on Saturday night. The Kisela Knights opened their double header with 16.5-4.5 domination over Camarines Soaring Eagle before following it up with a 17.5-3.5 beating of Toledo …
Robert Lopez Mendy returns to Kaya-Iloilo
By Adrian Stewart Co Veteran striker Robert Lopez Mendy has made his way back to the Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo ahead of the team’s campaign in the 2021 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Preliminary Round. The Iloilo City-based football club announced the return of the Senegalese booter over the weekend to add scoring punch to …
COVID-19 isolation facility inaugurated in Cadiz
The provincial government of Negros Occidental led the inauguration of the COVID-19 Isolation Facility in the provincial government-run Cadiz District Hospital on Friday, January 28. The 100-bed facility will cater to COVID-positive patients, particularly those with severe cases. The activity, which was led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, started with the blessing and inauguration of …
68 loose firearms surrendered to NOCPPO in January
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 68 loose firearms were surrendered to various police stations and units belonging to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) this January. NOCPPO spokesperson Police Lt. Abegael Donasco said 48 of the surrendered guns were improvised and another 20 belong to gun owners who have either not …
Ex-SRA board member calls on DA, DTI to act on fertilizer price hike
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The unabated increase in fertilizer cost despite the call for a price freeze is causing trouble to the sugar industry now that the milling season is already peaking and sugar planting has commenced in many areas in Negros Occidental. Former Sugar Regulatory Board Member, Atty. Dino Yulo, said that …
Members save record-high P63.7-B in Pag-IBIG Fund in 2021, up 32%; MP2 jumps 95% to P26-B
Pag-IBIG Fund members saved more than P63 billion last year, attaining yet another record-high amid the pandemic, according to agency officials. In 2021, the amount collectively saved by members with Pag-IBIG totaled P63.67 billion – the highest amount in the agency’s history. The total savings collected last year jumped 32% from the P48.18 billion collected …
‘RESBAKUNA SA BOTIKA’ NOW IN BACOLOD
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The top heads of the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) are expected to arrive today in Bacolod City to attend the launching of the city’s first “Resbakuna sa Botika” at the Mercury Drug Store at Ayala Malls Capitol Central. In an advisory released yesterday afternoon, among the top officials …
Who will trim the trees
The recent Typhoon “Odette” has shown that trees are also harmful to life and property. One year ago and a few months before the killer typhoon, I was stressing on social media when shall government authorities realize that preserving century or less than a century old trees is not at all worth it? *** Yes, …