Five Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) detention facility inmates in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental reportedly escaped from their jail cell yesterday. Authorities identified the escapees as 39-year-old Janly Callao, 30-year-old Julan Paculanang, 25-year-old Ronnie Flores, 24-year-old Joseph Casido, and 49-year-old Lito Pedro. Based on information provided by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO), …
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7.4M in shabu seized in Pavia, Iloilo City
Police in Iloilo seized around P7.4 million worth of suspected shabu following two buy-bust operations over the past two days. Last Sunday, February 2, joint elements of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and the Pavia Municipal Police Station conducted a bust near the GT Town Center in Pavia, located in the town’s Barangay Ungka …
Lacson to hold nCoV meeting with health officials, PDRRMO
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is set to meet with health officials and members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) today to discuss necessary actions to prevent the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) from entering the province. In a radio interview with Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod over the weekend, …
Iloilo City drivers meet today regarding LTFRB circular on nCoV
Terminals must provide free facemasks, sanitizers for passengers Iloilo City Loop Alliance of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association President Raymundo ‘Boyet’ Parcon said the organization’s 3,000 members are scheduled to meet today regarding a circular recently released by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regarding the 2019 novel coronavirus and mandating drivers to …
Bacolaodiat 2020
Megaworld CEO named Bacolod City’s ‘adopted son,’ honorary mayor As part of the ongoing Bacolaodiat Festival, Megaworld chief executive officer, Dr. Andrew Tan, was conferred as an “Adopted Son of Bacolod City,” along with “Honorary Mayor of Bacolod,” during a ceremony over the weekend at the Bacolod City Government Center. During the Spring Festival Dinner …
Border monitoring between Negros provinces stepped up
Negros Occidental affirms no nCoV cases in the province By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After it was revealed the confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patient, who is currently confined at a hospital in Manila, visited both Dumaguete City and Dauin in Negros Oriental, border monitoring between the Negros provinces have been stepped up. In addition, surveillance …
Guimaras restricts foreign tourist entry
Amid the ongoing threat of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), along with the Department of Health (DOH) confirming the first domestic case earlier this week, the Guimaras provincial government announced restrictions on the entry of foreign tourists. Governor Samuel T. Gumarin signed an executive order on Friday temporarily requiring visitors from areas affected by nCoV, particularly …
Facemask ‘panic buying’ in Bacolod City
Following the Department of Health (DOH) confirmation of the first novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case in the country, some residents in Bacolod City have reportedly begun “panic-buying” facemasks with local pharmacies and medical shops operating in front of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, shopkeepers, and pharmacists running out of both flu masks and N95 …
Negros Oriental quarantines resort, hotel visited by nCoV patient
Establishments in Dumaguete City, Dauin affected The Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) announced the hotel in Dumaguete City and Dauin resort visited by the confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patient, who is currently confined at a hospital in Manila, have been quarantined. PHO head, Dr. Liland Bustamante-Estacion, said owners of the said establishments have been …
DOH confirms first nCoV case in PH
Five patients under investigation have been discharged Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III yesterday confirmed the first novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case in the Philippines. He said the patient is of Chinese descent and is confined to a hospital. “The confirmed case arrived in the Philippines from Wuhan, China via Hong Kong last January …