By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Negros Occidental revealed yesterday that more than P34 million in special risk allowance (SRA) coming from the national government have already been paid to healthcare workers in the province this year. PHO head Dr. Ernell Tumimbang said the amount includes P30 million paid to …
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2 Negros schools to be used as Bar exam sites
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two schools in Negros Island were chosen as examination centers for the upcoming 2020/2021 Bar examinations scheduled for November of this year. The two were identified as the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City which will have 1,340 slots and the Silliman University in Dumaguete City which has …
Lacson: No mass resignation feelers from health workers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said they have yet to receive any feelers coming from local health workers if they will join the ongoing protest or if they are threatening a mass resignation. The health workers in the country have earlier threatened to resign from their posts due to …
Bacolod, NegOcc active COVID-19 cases in decline
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of active COVID-19 cases both in Negros Occidental and its capital Bacolod City continues to decline. Based on records released by the Provincial Incident Management Team of Negros Occidental, the province has 719 active COVID-19 cases left as of Tuesday, August 17. Total confirmed cases in the province …
Over P680-M COVID-19 SRA released in WV
The Department of Health (DOH) has so far released over P680 million for the special risk allowance (SRA) of health workers in Western Visayas (WV). According to Cristine C. Abuzo, Accountant III of the DOH-6, the regional office has already transferred to the local government units (LGUs) and private hospitals the fund amounting to P462.064 …
Stay calm, Negrenses told following 1st ‘Lambda’ case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is urging the province’s residents to remain calm after the country’s first confirmed case of the Lambda variant of COVID-19 was recorded in the province’s Valladolid town. In a phone patch interview, Lacson said Negrenses have nothing to worry as to whatever variants may …
Bacolod logs 2 more ‘Delta’ cases
Two more cases of the more transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 had been detected in Bacolod City, City Administrator Em Ang said yesterday. According to Ang, who is also the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) executive director and COVID-19 Vaccination Council coordinator, they received an information from the Philippine Genome Center that the patients include …
PH’s first ‘Lambda’ case from NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday confirmed that the country’s first case of the Lambda variant of COVID-19 was detected in Valladolid town in Negros Occidental. The patient, a 35-year-old pregnant woman, was asymptomatic and was already tagged as recovered. Based on the patient’s records, she was swabbed on July …
Bacolod opens drive-thru vaccination site
The Bacolod City government yesterday opened a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at the 5th-floor parking area of Ayala Malls Capitol Central. The drive-thru vaccination was supervised by City Administrator Em Ang, Emergency Operations Center – Task Force (EOC-TF) executive director and COVID-19 Vaccination Council coordinator; OIC-City Health Officer Dr. Edwin Miraflor Jr.; and EOC and …
NegOcc rolls out Moderna vax with conditions
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental has changed its mind over the distribution of the 10,700 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and has started the rollout among the local government units (LGUs) but with several conditions. Provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, yesterday said the LGUs must immediately dispose of all …