HEADLINE
NegOcc to shorten curfew hours
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said he and the mayors of various towns and cities in Negros Occidental have agreed to retain the general curfew hours in the province, although the time would be shortened. Lacson said the majority of the local chief executives would like to continue with the …
Lacson backs mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said he backs the idea of League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) National President and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco, Jr. to make the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory. According to Lacson, he is in favor that all government workers must be required to be …
Dongbo is new PRO-6 chief
Police Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo will assume command of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) today. He replaces Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda who will be retiring this month. Before being assigned to the Western Visayas police, Dongbo headed the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police. Dongbo and Miranda were classmates …
DOLE SEC. BELLO: ‘No vaccine, no work’ policy currently illegal
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III yesterday warned employers that it is illegal to implement a “no vaccine, no work” policy. Bello, who was in Bacolod City yesterday to lead DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program at the Negros Residences, said vaccination is …
Bacolod vax team brings COVID vax to remote areas
Medical frontliners of Bacolod City’s Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVAC) have been inoculating city folks residing in remote villages and puroks since last month. Concurrent EOC-TF executive director and CoVAC coordinator Em Ang said their vaccination team, led by Iris Kerr, has been administering jabs to people from the …
NegOcc considers lifting, cutting curfew hours
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday morning that he is now considering either reducing or entirely lifting the general curfew hours after the province slipped into the much lower Alert Level 2 status. According to Lacson, he plans on meeting with the province’s mayors in order to discuss …
Lacson bucks proposal to sanction LGUs with low vaxx turnout
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is not in favor of proposals to impose sanctions on mayors whose local government units (LGUs) have low vaccination turnout. Lacson’s stand came after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to sanction LGUs and local …
Bacolod City expands pediatric vaxx to brgys
The Bacolod City government is going full blast with its inoculation of minors aged 12 to 17 years old following the wide acceptance of the ongoing vaccination campaign of minors and the recognition of the Department of Health citing Bacolod as the top performer nationwide in administering Pfizer jabs to minors. Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy …
2 soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Moises Padilla clash
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least two soldiers were killed while four others were wounded following a gun battle between government forces and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels at Sitio Tiyos, Barangay Quentin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon, November 3. Authorities have yet to identify the casualties, pointing out their …