Face shield ordinance approved on 1st reading
October 6, 2020
An ordinance requiring the use of face shields in addition to face masks was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session Wednesday.
An ordinance requiring the use of face shields in addition to face masks was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session Wednesday.
Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran met with the fish vendors of the Burgos Public Market yesterday to clarify issues on the surveillance testing they are being required to undergo by the city government.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has requested the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) Against COVID-19 to send augmentation personnel to Bacolod to address the serious shortage of nurses and other healthcare workers (HCWs) in private hospitals, City Administrator Em Ang, executive
The Western Visayas Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 has approved the suspension of the arrival of Locally Stranded Individuals in Negros Occidental this week.
The office of Bacolod Councilor Cindy Rojas was locked down starting yesterday but she assured that the processing of the return of Bacolod Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) will continue.
A female stowaway from Bacolod City was extracted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal few minutes before she could leave the country Friday, retired Major General Mel Feliciano, Inter-Agency Task Force Visayas chief implementer, said yesterday.
The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City will suspend its emergency services for two days starting tomorrow.
Market vendors at the Burgos and Libertad public markets held separate noise barrages Saturday to protest against the surveillance testing they are required to undergo by the Bacolod City government on October 10.
The surveillance testing in the three major markets of Bacolod City scheduled today has been moved to October 10 due to the change of schedule of the team of experts from the Department of Health Region 7, Bacolod City Administrator Em Ang said yesterday.
The Business Permits and Licensing Division of the Bacolod City government is advising all business establishments to register with the city’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, as they have only 15 days from the effectivity of City Ordinance No. 941 to do so, a press release from the City said.
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Elizabeth Felicias Gaston-Puey, popularly known as “Christy Love,” celebrated her 80th birthday recently at Nature’s Village, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Beth started her career as a disc jockey at the Manila Broadcasting Company-Bacolod (DYEZ) in 1980,
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Dr. Andrew Tan, achieved a record-breaking net income of P30.3-billion, up 20 percent year-on-year, despite higher inflation, which pushed overall costs and expenses up during the period. Attributable net profit
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged its first pertussis related fatality, along with 11 confirmed cases, as of April 15. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that the fatality is a one-month-old infant who died last week at
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local distribution utility MORE Power highlighted the significant relief delivered by the energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kilovolt (kV) backbone project to the islands of Panay and Negros. At the simultaneous ceremonial energization of the CNP
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The stunted growth of chickens and farm animals has been noted by the Provincial Veterinarian Office in Negros Occidental, a probable effect of the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. However, only a small number are affected by
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called for a prompt and peaceful resolution to the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a Portuguese-flagged container ship, which included four Filipino seafarers among its crew, a press release from the House of