September 27, 2020
The complete set of 18,000 PCR kits, extraction kits, reagents and viral transport media (VTMs) from the Department of Health arrived at the Silay airport and were turned over to the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City by Congressman Stephen Paduano and Board Member Ryan Gamboa.
September 17, 2020
CEBU’s Project Balik Buhay (PBB) generated positive response when it was presented to government officials, local chief executives and various sectors in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.
The PBB aims to provide a balance between having businesses reopen and addressing the risks of Covid-19 amid its continuing threat in the city and the province.
Published on: 09/01/2020
| Section: Top Stories
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Mass testing in Bago City yesterday.*
Only 6,293 of the targeted 10,000 residents in four cities and one town in Negros Occidental were swabbed for COVID-19 tests during the Timeout Weekend that ended yesterday.
There were 754 more persons who were swabbed in Murcia and Bago City yesterday, Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.
TERESA D. ELLERA, CARLA N. CANET
August 30, 2020
FORMER Third District representative and now Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez clarified he has no personal agenda on coming up with the "Timeout Weekend," the mass testing in Bacolod City and three cities and a municipality in the province, that will end Monday, August 31, 2020,
August 30, 2020
Congressman Francisco Kiko Benitez received today medical supplies from the Department of Health-RITM, for distribution to the molecular testing labs of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City and the Teresita Jalandoni Memorial Provincial Hospital in Silay City.
By Panay News -Thursday, August 27, 2020
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Despite doubts and opposition, officials of this city and in Negros Occidental will push through the planned “Timeout Weekend” – a four-day strategic plan to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Former Negros Occidental 3rd District congressman and now provincial government consultant Alfredo Benitez assured the approval of the regional and national inter-agency task forces on the management of emerging infectious diseases.
He said the plan will push for a lockdown in Bacolod City on Aug. 28 to 29 and in Murcia, Silay, Talisay and Bago City on Aug. 30 to 31.
Published on: 08/27/2020
| Section: Headlines
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Provincial economic adviser Alfredo Benitez, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, retired general Mel Feliciano, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Secretary Roy Cimatu, and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz (l-r) at a meeting in Bacolod City last night.*
President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed us to provide all the support needed to curb the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, said yesterday.
“We want the people of Negros to feel that the national government is here and is very concerned and is very serious in helping the area,” Dino told the DAILY STAR.
MERLINDA A. PEDROSA, TERESA D. ELLERA
August 26, 2020
THE City Government of Bacolod and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental will push through with the mass testing for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on August 28 to 31.
An advisory from the Bacolod City Mayor's Office released Wednesday, August 26, stated that 5,000 Bacolod residents who meet Department of Health (DOH) guidelines will be swabbed.
The barangays will handle the initial identification and it will be confirmed by the City Health Office (CHO).
DYRL Radyo Pilipino Bacolod Live Stream
August 26, 2020
Ang isa sa akon mga handom para sa Bacolod.
Ako ang kapitan sg sini nga barko. Indi ini magkadto sa wala ukon sa tuo, kundi derecho sa direksyon sang pagbag-o sang gobyerno para sa kaayuhan sang Bacolodnon.
