The local government of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) conducted an orientation on the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) yesterday morning at Barangay Rizal covered court. At least 96 beneficiaries in the said barangay qualified for the TUPAD program of the Department of Labor and …
TOP STORIES
Iloilo guv issues EO on localized lockdown
Local chief executives in Iloilo province are mandated to enforce strict localized lockdowns to contain further COVID-19 transmission. Yesterday, Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. issued an executive order (EO) enforcing additional COVID-19 surge management measures amid the province’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). “Owing to the COVID-19 situation in the province of Iloilo and the confirmed entry …
Cadiz City mayor to residents: Don’t panic over Beta variant case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante has told residents not to be alarmed and remain calm after the city recorded its first case of the Beta variant of COVID-19. In a radio interview yesterday morning, Escalante explained the Beta variant case was from April and the patient was swabbed and underwent …
Settlement reached over ‘kidnapping’ case against foreigner, nanny
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The kidnapping case against Australian national Peter Lay and his nanny was settled, weeks after they were arrested in Bacolod City. Both Lay and the nanny were nabbed for allegedly kidnapping two minors and taking them to Bacolod City last month. Dumaguete City police chief Lt. Colonel Joeson Parallag said …
Bacolod requires Panay travelers negative RT-PCR test
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Travelers from Panay Island are now required to present a negative RT-PCR test upon entering Bacolod City, after Mayor Evelio Leonardia introduced new travel guidelines over the weekend. Based on Leonardia’s new executive order, leisure travel between Panay Island and Bacolod City is temporarily not allowed. The movement of all …
Iloilo City logs first local case of Delta variant
Iloilo City has recorded its first local case of the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus. The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported during a meeting with the city’s COVID Team yesterday that the first Delta variant case is a 30-year-old male resident of Mandurriao district and an employee of a company in …
Himamaylan gov’t, police probe ‘stealing’ of fertilizer
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 10 people are currently being investigated over the theft of 1,495 sacks of fertilizer which were given to the city government of Himamaylan in Negros Occidental. Mayor Raymund Tongson said the probe was made following the formation of the city’s investigation team, although he has asked for another …
Ilongga boxer Magno exits 2020 Tokyo Olympics
By Adrian Stewart Co Ilongga boxer Irish Magno saw her 2020 Tokyo Olympics campaign came to an end after bowing to Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong in the women’s 48-51kg round-of-16 match yesterday at the Kokukigan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The Janiuay, Iloilo-native was outclassed by Jitpong from start to finish to suffer a unanimous decision defeat …
SEC reminds deadline of filing of required forms to avoid P10K fine
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), through SEC Bacolod Extension Office, is reminding about the filing of required forms or notices to avoid a P10,000 penalty. “Pursuant to the power of the commission to promulgate rules to facilitate and expedite among others the submission of reports, notices and documents under the Revised Corporation Code, corporations, …
Capitol conducts bloodletting activity
The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office and Negros First Provincial Blood Center spearheaded the bloodletting activity held at the Capitol Social Hall yesterday with the theme, “Give Blood and Keep the World Beating.” The activity is in line with the National Blood Donors’ Month this July. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said that there is a …