By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia over the weekend received his first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Bacolod City Government Center. Leonardia’s vaccination came after an advisory from the National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center allowing local chief executives (LCEs) in areas deemed critical and high risk to be inoculated. …
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College student yields P2.6M ‘shabu’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 396 grams of suspected shabu valued at P2.6 million were seized from a 19-year-old college student following the joint buy-bust operation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) – Bacolod and Police Station 2 at Purok Sigay in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2 on Saturday morning, April 17. Authorities identified …
District hospital in La Carlota logs 6 COVID-19 cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Six personnel of the Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital (DSBMDH) in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Based on a notice to the public signed by DSBMDH Chief of Hospital, Dr. Miguelito Aquino, and approved for release by Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, …
NegOcc hits all-time high active COVID cases
——————————————————————————————————————————- By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) of Negros Occidental released a report yesterday stating that the number of active coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases in the province is now at an all-time high. Based on the data released by the PIMT, as of April 14, the number of …
NegOcc adopts other measures after NIATF denies GCQ request
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After the request of the provincial government to place Negros Occidental under general community quarantine (GCQ) was denied by the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF), Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said they will adopt other measures in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 cases in the province. Lacson said tourist …
NOCPPO faces blank wall on prov’l consultant killing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) is still facing a blank wall relative to the assassination of a consultant for the provincial government last Monday night. Police Lt. Abegael Donasco, spokesperson for NOCPPO and the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Marton Cui, said they still do not have any …
Prov’l consultant shot dead in San Carlos City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A consultant for the provincial government of Negros Occidental was shot dead by unidentified assailants as he was leaving his office at the Emerald Arcade in Barangay Palampas in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 12. Authorities identified the fatality as 62-year-old Mariano Antonio “Marton” Cui, provincial …
‘Reds’ torch P16M heavy equipment in Silay
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Suspected insurgents from the New People’s Army (NPA) torched down P16 million worth of heavy equipment in Hacienda Vista Alegre, Barangay E. Lopez in Negros Occidental’s Silay City yesterday morning. Silay City police investigation showed that at around 5:00 a.m. caretaker Randy Bylon saw that three of the backhoes parked …
NegOcc requests NIATF to place province under GCQ
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday called for an emergency meeting with the province’s city and town mayors in order to discuss plans on how to deal with the spike in COVID-19 cases. Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said during the meeting Lacson and the mayors have agreed to …
‘CASE SOLVED’
Tangub massacre suspect recants, claims he committed the crime alone By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Station 8 in Bacolod City now considers the Tangub massacre case as “solved” after the suspect on Thursday night, April 8, recanted his earlier statements and claimed he committed the crime alone. Police Major Joery Puerto, Police Station …