8 drug suspects arrested By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Special Enforcement Team dismantled a suspected drug den located at the Vendor’s Plaza in Bacolod City’s Barangay 12 yesterday afternoon. Authorities arrested Jovie Bermudes, Danny Rodriguez, Brian De Guzman, Jayhan Mission Alqusalas, Joshua Cagmcal, Reynaldo Villamor, Itrmel Taghoy, and Roy …
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NegOcc to hold COVID vaccination simex in Murcia
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental has made several changes on its planned mass vaccination simulation exercises (simex) which will take place on March 12. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the activity was supposed to be conducted in Candoni town, however they have decided to change it to the town …
Bacolod administers first COVID-19 jabs in WV
5 doctors, a nurse lead the city’s vaccine rollout Five doctors and a nurse from Bacolod City made history for being Western Visayas’ first recipients of vaccines against COVID-19. Dr. Miguel Sarabia, ophthalmologist and president of Negros Occidental Medical Society, and his wife, Valerie Villarosa-Sarabia, a nurse; Dr. Hector Gayares Jr., chief executive officer of …
LABOR GROUP BUCKS ‘NO VACCINATION, NO WORK’ POLICY
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA The General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA), a local labor rights group based in Negros Occidental, is against the proposal being pushed by individuals from both the government and private sector to impose a “no vaccination, no work” policy. GAWA secretary general Wennie Sancho said an irritating sense of confusion …
Mother, daughter drown in Cadiz City
Swimming went fatal for a mother and her daughter at Sitio Bundaogan, Barangay Tiglawigan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Thirty nine-year-old Melanie Juanico Alo and 11-year-old Mary Bless Alo of the village’s Sitio Banica drowned in the sea around 8:00 a.m. yesterday, according to Cadiz City OIC police chief, Police Major Rocky Desear. Police investigation …
Bacolod to receive 7K doses of Sinovac vaccines
The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) confirmed yesterday that around 7,000 doses of anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines from Sinovac Biotech have been allocated to the city. Dr. Chris Sorongon, EOC deputy for medical, said that half of the vaccine allocation will arrive in the city on Sunday, March 7, and the remaining 3,500 …
MOTHER, DAUGHTER DROWN IN CADIZ CITY
Swimming went fatal for a mother and her daughter at Sitio Bundaogan, Barangay Tiglawigan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Thirty nine-year-old Melanie Juanico Alo and 11-year-old Mary Bless Alo of the village’s Sitio Banica drowned in the sea around 8:00 a.m. yesterday, according to Cadiz City OIC police chief, Police Major Rocky Desear. Police investigation …
BACOLOD TO RECEIVE 7K DOSES OF SINOVAC VACCINES
The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) confirmed yesterday that around 7,000 doses of anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines from Sinovac Biotech have been allocated to the city. Dr. Chris Sorongon, EOC deputy for medical, said that half of the vaccine allocation will arrive in the city on Sunday, March 7, and the remaining 3,500 …
Two vintage bombs found in Singcang-Airport
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA Two vintage bombs were recovered last Friday after they were allegedly tried to be sold to a junk shop located at the Greenplains Subdivision in Brgy. Singcang-Airport in Bacolod City. Police Corporal Ronald Relyo, member of the Bacolod City Police Office Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) K-9 unit, said the owner of …
Biz group backs uniform travel rules
IATF eases cross-border protocol; No mandatory testing, quarantine BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA The Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) is backing the new uniformed travel protocols set by the National Inter Agency Task Force (NIATF). Frank Carbon, MBCCI Chief Executive Officer, said the new protocols should have long been implemented in order for …