By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Barangay Montilla in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental has been placed on lockdown after nine residents tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Based on an executive order signed by Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo dated April 26, the granular lockdown in the area will last until May 10, …
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NegOcc not yet ready for Sputnik V vaccines
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said yesterday morning that the province is not yet prepared to receive the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines made by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute. According to Diaz, the Sputnik V vaccines are expensive compared to the China-made CoronaVac and British-made AstraZeneca vaccines. Diaz also …
Lacson to get Sinovac vaccine on Friday
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson together with several local officials of the province are set to be vaccinated on Friday at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City. Provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz said aside from Lacson, Manapla Mayor Manuel Escalante, Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao, Hinigaran Mayor Jose …
Singcang-Airport fire razes 40 houses
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 40 houses were either damaged or destroyed following a fire at Purok Neptune in Bacolod City’s Barangay Singcang-Airport yesterday afternoon. The fire started shortly after 4:00 p.m. although the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Bacolod City has yet to say as to where the fire initially started. Residents, …
NegOcc active COVID cases dipping | Gov. Lacson urges continued vigilance
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday affirmed that the number of active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental is starting to decline. For two weeks, the province had been experiencing triple digit cases a day. However, over the last few days the province saw a slight reduction in new cases. …
35 Hinoba-an houses on COVID-19 lockdown
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 35 households in Barangay Bacuyangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental were placed on a 14-day lockdown starting Saturday, April 24, after two of the residents have died due to coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Hinoba-an Councilor Jason Tembrevilla Tupas said a total of 158 individuals have been affected by …
5 Bacolod cops test positive for COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Five police officers assigned at the Police Station 4 in Bacolod City tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Police Station 4 commander, Police Captain Jun Ray Batadlan, revealed he and four of his men have fallen ill to the virus and even revealed that his wife also tested …
Mansilingan man killed, buried over ‘love triangle’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 73-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly hacked to death a 44-year-old man and tried to bury him at an empty lot in CarmenVille Subdivision in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan yesterday morning. Police identified the fatality as Branel Casas, a resident of Hyacinth Street, Purok Paghidaet in the said …
Lacson likens 2022 elections in Bacolod into a ‘battle royale’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has likened the upcoming 2022 elections in Bacolod City into a “battle royale” after his Love Negros party-mate former 3rd district congressman Alfredo “Albee” Benitez transferred his voter’s registration to Bacolod City yesterday afternoon. According to Lacson, he will fully support whatever decision Benitez …
Prioritize swab samples of inbound travelers, molecular labs told
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial administrator said they have ordered the provincial government-run molecular laboratories to prioritize the swab samples of all incoming passengers at the airports and seaports as the travel moratorium in Western Visayas was lifted yesterday. Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said these molecular laboratories must release the results of the …