The much-awaited opening of the unique and first-in-the-province McDonald’s NXTGEN store is finally happening as property giant Megaworld continues to bring excitement to its 53-hectare Northill Gateway township along the New Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road. Set to officially open its doors on Thursday, December 16, as the first-ever, full-scale McDonald’s NXTGEN store in Negros Island, …
HEADLINE
No more COVID-19 patients in 3 prov’l healing centers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, confirmed yesterday that there are no more COVID-19 patients confined at the three provincial government-run quarantine facilities in the province as new COVID-19 cases continue to decline. According to Diaz, the provincial healing centers in E.B. Magalona town and the cities of Cadiz …
IN PREPARATION FOR HOLIDAY TRAVEL PCG-NegOcc to be placed on ‘heightened alert’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental is expected to be placed on “heightened alert” status starting this week as part of the preparations for the influx of travelers for the holiday season. Captain Ludovico Librilla, deputy commander of Coast Guard District Western Visayas (CGDWV) and station commander of …
City of Smiles becomes city of lights 95,000 Christmas lights to cheer Bacolod Public Plaza
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas right in the heart of the City of Smiles starting tonight. Mayor Evelio Leonardia will lead local government executives during the 6:00 p.m. lights-on ceremony at the Bacolod Public Plaza, where the iconic bandstand transforms into a “Lights Castle” and the symbolic Diamond Jubilee Tower facing Araneta …
NOCPPO cops warned vs illegal discharge of firearms
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) yesterday morning warned its personnel against illegally discharging their firearms as the holiday season draws closer. NOCPPO’s warning was also in response to the stray bullet incident in Cadiz City earlier this week which claimed the life of a one-year-old baby girl. NOCPPO …
W. Visayas remains free from Omicron Bacolod City logs new Delta case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Western Visayas region remains free from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 based on the latest report issued by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC). Based on data released by the PGC as of Wednesday, December 8, of the 48 samples sequenced, they detected 38 cases of the Delta variant nationwide, …
NOCPPO chief orders crackdown on illegal firecrackers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The director of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has ordered all police chiefs in the province to go after manufacturers and sellers of illegal firecrackers ahead of this year’s holiday season. NOCPPO director Police Colonel Romy Plague specifically said to arrest, confiscate, and suspend the licenses of any …
NegOcc, Bacolod voters reach over 2-M
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga More than 2 million voters in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City have registered for the May 2022 elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Negros Occidental records showed that the province has 1,946,639 voters for next year’s polls while Bacolod City has 327,403 voters. Data released by Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, provincial …
99% of NegOcc police now vaccinated
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ninety nine percent of the personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). NOCPPO’s vaccine report was released yesterday morning after the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Dionardo Bernardo Carlos proposed a “no vax, no job” policy. NOCPPO spokesperson Police …
Bacolod SP OKs 911 ordinance
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) unanimously approved the creation of the Bacolod 911 and paved the way for the establishment of the Medical Emergency Response Center (MERC). Authored by Councilor Israel Salanga, Ordinance No. 970 was crafted to improve public safety and emergency response that calls for a centralized system to further increase the survival rate …