Friday, March 19, 2021

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Yap 1st mayor to get Covid-19 vaccine jab in Negros Occidental

Posted: 19 Mar 2021 08:28 AM PDT

ESCALANTE City Mayor Melecio "Beboy" Yap, Jr. became the first local chief executive in Negros Occidental to be inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday morning, March 19, 2021.

According to Yap, the city's Vicente Gustilo District Hospital (VGDH) received its 120 CoronaVac vaccines on Thursday.

Yap then spearheaded the vaccination day Friday morning, with his jab being administered by Dr. Carmel Arguelles, chief of hospital of VGDH.

The event was also witnessed by the city's Inter-Agency Task Force Chairman Dr. Vermont Khan Juvahib, Dr. Peter Paul Hinolan of the Escalante City Health Office, and Department of Health (DOH) Representative Louie Fernandez.

Yap also followed the prescribed process of inoculation as recommended by the DOH.

He further added the vaccination program in the city will run until Monday for all of the city's public health workers.

Yap's vaccination came just a day after it was announced by Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Epimaco Densing that the local chief executives are among the priorities for vaccination, as they are classified as essential workers under Priority Group 4A.

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More healthcare workers, village chiefs inoculated in Bacolod

Posted: 19 Mar 2021 08:26 AM PDT

ABOUT 100 healthcare workers in Bacolod City including village chiefs were vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) Friday, March 19, 2021.

Councilor Renecito Novero, member of Bacolod Covid-19 vaccination (Covac) Council, said Friday a simultaneous simulation exercise and rollout of Sinovac vaccines was held in 10 barangays in the city.

These included Barangays 4, 39, Alijis, Banago, Granada, Handumanan, Mansilingan, Pahanocoy, Punta Taytay and Taculing.

Novero said each barangay had 10 recipients of Sinovac vaccine, who were identified as medical frontliners.

He said the village chiefs of Barangays 1 and Pahanocoy also received their first doses of Sinovac vaccine.

This came after the National Inter-Agency Task Force earlier approved the request of the national president of League of the Cities of the Philippines to classify local chief executives among the priorities for vaccination against Covid-19.

This meant the 1,634 provincial governors, city and municipal mayors. Also included are 42,046 barangay captains all over the country.

Novero said they are also willing to be vaccinated and are only waiting for additional vaccines allocated for Bacolod.

Bacolod City already reserved 650,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. Once they arrive, the city will use the 26 vaccination centers for the Covid-19 vaccine program.

"We are ready and we have already prepared 26 vaccination centers including the barangay gymnasiums and schools," Novero said.

He said the vaccination centers should have a big space to accommodate a big number of residents who want to be vaccinated.

He added that they will also provide a refrigerating unit in every vaccination center as well as generators to preserve the vaccines.

Since last week, more than 2, 000 medical frontliners in Bacolod City were inoculated with Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines.

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No trips yet between Cadiz, Bantayan Island

Posted: 19 Mar 2021 08:21 AM PDT

TRIPS from Cadiz City to Bantayan Island in Cebu province are still suspended despite the easing of travel protocols.

Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. on Friday, March 19, 2021, said he will not allow the resumption of travel to the island as long as "there is no substantial roll-out of the coronavirus vaccines."

Escalante said the city had nine positive cases, of which three were from Cebu and the others were from Manila and Zamboanga.

"That means most of our positive cases came from Cebu," the mayor said.

He said if he allowed the resumption of trips, Cadiz City will become "a backdoor."

Escalante said since the cities of Escalante and San Carlos are strict with the protocols in their borders, "some people from Cebu, Masbate and Romblon may use Bantayan island as a jump-off point to Negros."

"It will become a problem for us in Cadiz," he said.

Bantayan Island has become a new tourist destination for both foreign and local tourists.

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Over P25,000 shabu seized in Bacolod

Posted: 19 Mar 2021 08:19 AM PDT

AN ESTIMATED P25,400 worth of shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride was seized in separate drug bust operations of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) in Bacolod City Thursday evening, March 18, 2021.

The operations also led to the arrest of Richelle Joy Dacumos, 20, of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2; and Fernando Raquinel, 39, of Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City.

Police records showed Dacumos was arrested by personnel of Police Station 2 after she sold a sachet of shabu to a police undercover in Purok Tunay, Barangay 1 around 9:30 p.m.

Police recovered from Dacumos's possession five sachets of shabu weighing three grams with an estimated market value of P20,400 and the P500 marked money.

Raquinel was also arrested by operatives of Police Station 5 at Hacienda Claudio, Barangay Granada around 9:10 p.m.

Police recovered from Raquinel's possession five sachets of shabu weighing 1.5 grams with estimated market value of P5,000 and P1,000 marked money.

The suspects were detained at the custodial facility of Police Stations 2 and 5. They faced charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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Man shot dead while celebrating birthday

Posted: 19 Mar 2021 08:19 AM PDT

A 55-YEAR-OLD man was shot to death by three unidentified assailants while celebrating his birthday outside their house in Purok Saturn, Phase B, Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City Thursday evening, March 18, 2021.

Police identified the victim as Jose Estaniel.

Police Captain Armilyn Vargas, chief of Police Station 10, said Friday the victim, who was celebrating his birthday and the christening of his son in front of his house, sustained multiple gunshot wounds when three unidentified assailants fired at him several times around 7:40 p.m.

She said the suspects, who were wearing face masks, fled onboard a red Avanza vehicle without a plate number attached.

The victim was brought to a hospital, but he did not survive.

Police recovered from the scene of the crime three fired bullets and four fired cartridges.

Vargas said they are still conducting further investigation to determine the motive in the killing of the victim.

She said Estaniel has a small piggery near their house, but they cannot conclude yet if the killing was business-related.

She added they are also coordinating with the family of the victim to determine the identity of the suspects.

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