By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Hall of Justice was evacuated yesterday morning following a bomb threat received by an employee over the phone. The Bacolod City Hall of Justice was evacuated yesterday morning after they received a bomb threat from an unidentified individual around 8:00 a.m. After two hours of searching, the …
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NIATF OKS TRAVEL HALT TO WESTERN VISAYAS
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) has approved the temporary suspension of inbound travel to Western Visayas. Based on the NIATF Resolution No. 108, inbound travel originating from the “National Capital Region plus” bubble (Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal), Cebu City and Davao City are temporarily suspended from …
VGDH explains why Escalante mayor got COVID-19 vaccine
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The head of the Vicente Gustilo District Hospital (VGDH) in Escalante City, Negros Occidental yesterday provided an explanation as to why Mayor Melecio “Beboy” Yap, Jr. was allowed to be vaccinated with Sinovac vaccine last week. Dr. Vermont Juvahib, head of the VGDH’s Hospital Management Team, said last March 18 …
Bacolod EOC discourages social gatherings
The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF) is discouraging the public from attending social gatherings or dining out with people not members of their own household. The warning came after an administrative officer of a hospital in the city tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. According to the contact tracing report, …
Dry season to start soon
The state weather bureau advised Filipinos to take precautionary measures to minimize heat stress as the warm and dry weather condition is about to start. In a statement released Tuesday, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) administrator Vicente Malano said the cold or northeast monsoon season will likely be over by the end …
NegOcc warns travelers against fake COVID test results
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is warning travelers entering the province not to fake COVID-19 test results. This comes after the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) confirmed that several individuals bound for the city were intercepted for presenting fake reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results. Provincial Incident …
No lockdown in Western Visayas
Lacson lauds reg’l task forces’ decision to only allow ‘essential travel’ The joint Regional Task Force (RTF) and Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) clarified yesterday that they did not declare a lockdown in Western Visayas. The regional task forces said they merely adopted the provisions of the National IATF Resolution No. 104, dated March 20, …
NegOcc to seek suspension of flights from Manila
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson will write a letter to the national Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) requesting for a two-week suspension of inbound flights from Metro Manila to the Bacolod-Silay Airport due to a recent sudden surge of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region. According to Lacson, he …
NegOcc’s active COVID cases surge to 301
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental climbed to 301 based on data released by the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 yesterday. Based on the DOH’s March 21 bulletin, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the province is at 7,084 with recoveries at 6,587 and fatalities …
PDEA busts another drug den in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dismantled another drug den and arrested five individuals following a buy-bust operation at Purok Langis in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago late Monday afternoon. PDEA agents identified the arrested as Val Demafiles, Paul Dasuyo, John Mark Limson, Jomar Parar, and Felix Albarico, Jr., …