Travel is now made easier as Bacolod City no longer requires a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for inbound fully vaccinated travelers from any points of Western Visayas and Negros Oriental. “Effective immediately and until further advice, any person/individual entering the port/s of Bacolod City/area of the city’s jurisdiction from areas within …
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Acquitted rape-slay suspect shot dead in Himamaylan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The acquitted suspect in the rape and murder of a female student in 2015 was shot dead as he was tending a rice field earlier this week in Sitio Bingi, Barangay III in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as Ricardo Ewayan, the suspect in the Shella Mae …
NegOcc eyeing travel resumption
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is adamant on maintaining the province’s “bubble” as the country continues to grapple with the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases brought by the Omicron variant. Provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, however, said they will consult with the medical sector first whether it …
Fast craft trips to resume once Bacolod lifts swab test requirement
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Fast craft trips between Bacolod City and Iloilo City may resume soon after the city government of Bacolod revealed plans to lift the negative RT-PCR test result requirement. In a social media post, Bacolod City Councilor Israel Salanga said the negative RT-PCR test result will no longer be required for …
3 nabbed for creating fake vaxx cards, travel certificates
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three people were arrested in an entrapment operation after they were caught in the act of allegedly creating and selling fake vaccination cards and travel certificates at the La Purisima Building in Bacolod City’s Cuadra Street in Barangay 24 on Monday, January 17. Police identified the arrested as 45-year-old Loreza …
COVID hits capitol workers anew
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, confirmed yesterday that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is again hitting provincial government employees. According to Diaz, among the affected employees are from the Provincial Budget Office and the Provincial Planning and Development Office. A number of medical workers from the capitol-run hospitals in …
PRO-6 needs 200 more policemen
The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is recruiting 200 new policemen this year. Those interested may apply online via the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Registration Application System, according to Police Colonel Luther Lugo, chief of Regional Recruitment and Selection Unit (RRSU). “Applicants can submit their personal data sheets through online. And we are now strictly …
NegOcc guv bucks fast craft ‘no vax, no travel’ proposal
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has voiced out his opposition to fast craft operators’ proposal to enforce a “no vaccination, no travel” policy, stating that all inbound travelers will still be required to submit a negative RT-PCR test result. According to Lacson, he prefers a safer approach, pointing out …
More TLJPH frontliners contract COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental released an advisory yesterday afternoon stating that a significant number of their healthcare workers have tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Based on TLJPH’s advisory posted on the official Facebook page of the provincial government of Negros …
‘No vax, no travel’ for fast crafts, too?
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said over the weekend that they will study the proposal submitted by fast craft operators to implement a “no vaccination, no travel” policy instead of the negative RT-PCR test result requirement. According to Familiaran, as he himself is also a businessman, he admits …