By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday called for an emergency meeting with the province’s city and town mayors in order to discuss plans on how to deal with the spike in COVID-19 cases. Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said during the meeting Lacson and the mayors have agreed to …
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‘CASE SOLVED’
Tangub massacre suspect recants, claims he committed the crime alone By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Station 8 in Bacolod City now considers the Tangub massacre case as “solved” after the suspect on Thursday night, April 8, recanted his earlier statements and claimed he committed the crime alone. Police Major Joery Puerto, Police Station …
BCPO receives support from business sector
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Thursday received monetary assistance from the Northern Negros Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) headed by its chief executive officer, Mr. Frank Carbon. The assistance, in the form of gas coupons worth P10,000, was delivered by Chamber representative Crispin Chua and …
Tangub massacre drug-related?
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Investigators from the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) now believe that the brutal massacre of four family members in the city’s Barangay Tangub was drug-related. In a press conference yesterday morning, Police Station 8 commander, Police Major Joery Puerto, said Christian “Dondon” Tulot has made an extrajudicial confession that he …
Lacson to San Carlos City residents: ‘Stay at home’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has made an appeal to residents of San Carlos City to stay at home as the city’s coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases continue to rise. According to Lacson, as of Wednesday, April 7, San Carlos City has a total of 179 active COVID-19 …
HORRIFIC ‘MASSACRE’
4 Tangub family members found dead at home By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Four family members were found in an advance state of decompositi on yesterday morning in what police believed as a massacre in Bacolod City’s Barangay Tangub. Police identified the fatalities as 60-year-old Jocelyn Nombre, 68-year-old Gemma Espinosa, 30-year-old Michael Espinosa, and six-year-old …
NegOcc, Bacolod get addt’l COVID-19 vaccines
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental and the city government of Bacolod have received additional doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines yesterday morning. Of the 7,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which arrived at the Bacolod-Silay Airport via a Cebu Pacific cargo flight, 5,200 were immediately handed over to the provincial government …
Bomb hoax alarms Bacolod City Hall of Justice
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 …
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 …