By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) issued an advisory yesterday morning stating that two of their medical wards have already reached full capacity for its COVID-19 allocated beds. Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH medical center chief, identified the medical wards as the OB-Gyne Ward and the Neonatal Intensive Care …
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Utilization of vaccines in NegOcc picks up
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday affirmed the utilization of COVID-19 vaccines in the province is starting to pick up. Based on data forwarded by the Provincial Health Office (PHO), Lacson said they have already used over 90 percent of the CoronaVac vaccines made by Chinese biotech firm Sinovac …
Iloilo-Bacolod fastcraft trips suspended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Fastcraft trips from Bacolod City to Iloilo City and vice versa are temporarily suspended starting today after the National Inter-Agency Task Force placed Iloilo City under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until May 31 due to a significant spike in COVID-19 cases. Based on a sea travel advisory signed by …
Manapla town struggling to control COVID-19 cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Manapla town in Negros Occidental is having a hard time trying to control the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, according to Mayor Manolet Escalante. “The town’s residents are uncooperative and they are finding it hard to reprimand them,” Escalante told Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod. Residents were warned not to …
Silay City Hall on lockdown
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 19 departments and offices in the Silay City government in Negros Occidental will be temporarily locked down effective today until May 28 for disinfection as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was after Mayor Mark Golez said that …
Truck kills septuagenarian in Bacolod
By Shiela G. Gelera A 73-year-old man died in a vehicular accident in front of the Government Service Insurance System building at Araneta Street in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City around 9:40 a.m. yesterday. Felix Nantha, a resident of Victorias City, Negros Occidental, was brought by the La Carlota DRRMO ambulance to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano …
49 BJMP inmates contract COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 49 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Negros Occidental tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. In an interview over Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, BJMP Region 6 spokesperson Jail Chief Inspector Jairus Anthony Dogelio said the 49 COVID-19 infected PDLs …
Bacolod, NegOcc main sources of drugs –PDEA-6
Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are still the main sources of illegal drugs, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 (PDEA-6). PDEA-6 spokesperson Shey Tanaleon yesterday said that based on their seizure and arrest of suspected drug pushers, Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are still among the main sources of drug pushers who ventured in …
Iloilo resorts closed on May 22-31
Resorts and other tourism establishments in the province of Iloilo will be closed beginning tomorrow, May 22, until May 31 to contain the surge of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases. Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. signed Executive Order (EO) 163 yesterday afternoon which contains the adjusted community quarantine measures for the food service industry, and …
WATER SPOUT APPEARS OFF BREDCO PORT IN BACOLOD
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A water spout, a type of tornado which forms on water, appeared yesterday afternoon off the coast of Bredco Port in Bacolod City. The water spout appeared around 12:45 p.m. and touched down just a few yards from the port area. The weather phenomena, however, quickly dissipated. Bacolod City Disaster …