By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental started the distribution of the bivalent vaccines against COVID-19 to all provincial government-run hospitals yesterday. Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said qualified medical personnel, with 553 scheduled to be inoculated on the distribution’s first day, will be the first to get the bivalent vaccines in accordance to …
Monthly Archives: July 2023
20 Capitol staff laid off due to tardiness, absences
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 20 job order and contract of service employees in various departments of the Negros Occidental provincial government have been laid off for various infractions. Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday that the employees were cited for various infractions such as tardiness, absences and lack of dedication to their …
BCPO lobbies for additional police station
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Colonel Noel Aliño is currently lobbying for an additional police station in the city as part of its fight against criminality. In a radio interview over 96.7 XFM Bacolod yesterday, Aliño explained that the creation of Police Station 11 would be a difficult move …
2 houses catch fire
Two houses at Barangay Palaka in Negros Occidental’s Valladolid town were destroyed in a fire early yesterday morning. The houses of brothers 70-year-old Lifeber and 65-year-old Reiznel Doroteo at Sitio Pawud were destroyed with losses estimated at P150,000, the Bureau of Fire Protection said. The initial investigation showed the fire started at Reiznel’s house./WDJ
Bacolod City upbeat about higher revenues, tourist arrivals
The Bacolod City government is optimistic about attracting more investors and boosting local tourism amid record-high local revenues and tourist arrivals since the start of the year. In his State of the City Address on Wednesday night, July 5, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said reforms and innovations are gaining the interest of investors to locate …
Negrense Nonoy commits to DLSU Green Archers
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense forward Karl Nonoy will be donning the same green jersey as his elder brother, Mark Nonoy, for college after he decided to commit to the De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers. The Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City-native forward is set to formalize his commitment with the Green Archers in a meeting …
Iloilo halts losing skid, defeats Sarangani in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Iloilo United Royals squandered a double-digit lead before pulling off a 100-98 victory over Sarangani Marlins in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the STRIKE Gym in Bacoor, Cavite on Wednesday night, July 5. Leading by double-digits early in the fourth quarter, the United Royals suddenly found themselves …
Giannis undergoes surgery, FIBA World Cup in doubt
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had surgery on his left knee, the team confirmed on Wednesday, July 5, leaving the basketball star’s participation for Greece in August’s FIBA World Cup in doubt. “He had routine surgery on his left knee, and it went great,” Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin said. “Everything went as planned, and …
‘Started to decline’; PVO: Hog mortalities affect 19 NegOcc LGUs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Nineteen local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have already been affected by hog mortalities, the latest monitoring from the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) showed. Cauayan town is now the latest addition to the list of affected LGUs, PVO data said. Barangays Mambugsay and Inayawan in Cauayan have reported 61 …
Lawyer from Samar is new IBP President
The new national president of the country’s only compulsory organization of lawyers was inducted last Tuesday, July 4, by the Supreme Court en banc. Atty. Antonio C. Pido of Samar succeeds Burt Estrada, whose term of office as President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) ended last June 30. Pido is a former …