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- Cadiz City Hall on lockdown after 3 employees contract coronavirus
- 65,000 Western Visayas health workers not yet vaccinated
- Escalante mayor ready to face probe over taking Covid-19 vaccine
- 8 rebels killed in Negros Oriental clash
- San Carlos orients workers, senior citizens on Covid-19 vaccination
| Cadiz City Hall on lockdown after 3 employees contract coronavirus Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:50 AM PDT CADIZ City Mayor Salvador Escalante confirmed that the city hall has been put on a temporary lockdown since Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after three city employees tested positive for the coronavirus. Escalante said the temporary closure of the Cadiz City Hall will last until Friday this week. Escalante confirmed that aside from the three employees of the city government who tested positive for the coronavirus, two police officers of the Cadiz City Police Station also tested positive. The mayor said on Sunday, March 21, an employee was swabbed and the result that came out on Monday showed that he was positive for the virus. "On Tuesday, March 23, we conducted another random swab test of city employees and out of the 36 who were swabbed, five were tested positive," he added. Escalante said three of them were city employees and two were members of the city police. They were quarantined at the city's quarantine facility. "I have recommended a five-day lockdown of City Hall 2. It is still subject to the approval of the city Inter-Agency Task Force," he pointed out. He said every night after offices are closed, ultraviolet lights are activated. "We will disinfect the lobby and alley of the City Hall to be safe," Escalante said. All city employees will work from home until further notice, he said.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 65,000 Western Visayas health workers not yet vaccinated Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:47 AM PDT ABOUT 65,000 health workers in Western Visayas were not yet vaccinated against Covid-19, a Department of Health (DOH) official said Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Dr. Emilia Monicimpo, regional director of the DOH, said of the first batch of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines received by the region, only about 23,000 health workers all over the region have been vaccinated. Western Visayas has about 94,000 health workers. Monicimpo emphasized that because of the meager supplies arriving in the country, prioritization is being observed that Group A-1 or health workers are being given the vaccination. Monicimpo also said Western Visayas is assured to get the vaccine allocation from the new batch of Sinovac that arrived in the country. "As to when and how many doses, we are not certain yet," she said. Additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines have arrived in the country Wednesday from China.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Escalante mayor ready to face probe over taking Covid-19 vaccine Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:47 AM PDT ESCALANTE City Mayor Melecio Yap Jr., who was the first mayor in Negros Occidental to be vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine, said he has not received any show cause order yet from the Department of the Interior and Local Government and that he is ready to be jailed if he has committed any violation for taking the risk. He said call of duty made him decide to get vaccinated and to set himself as an example to encourage his constituents to take the Covid-19 vaccines. "I took the vaccine despite the doubts on Sinovac. I took the risk," he added. Yap said 150 doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived at Vicente Gustilo Hospital last week and only 47 health workers were willing to be vaccinated. This was the reason why he decided to take the vaccine despite having apprehensions about Sinovac. He added he took the vaccine because he does not want it to go to waste as he learned that it has a short prescribed expiration. He said he learned from the news that local chief executives have been classified as priorities for vaccination, only to learn on Tuesday of the show cause order against Romualdez and four other mayors. "I took the risk on the vaccine despite the fact that If I had a choice I wouldn't take Sinovac. But I have no problem as I am willing to take penalties for my actions and I do believe I did not commit a mistake," Yap said. He said several health workers at the hospital were hesitant of Sinovac and that only a few registered for the inoculation. Yap said he even dared Hospital Administrator Dr. Vermont Uvahev, head of the city's Inter-Agency Task Force, to take the vaccine just to use the whole allocation for the hospital. Yap said, so far, he has not felt any side effects nor adverse effects of the vaccine. He also said he is willing to take on the second dose. If he will not be given, he is willing to wait after a year when he gets rid of the first dose from his body and takes on another brand of vaccine. "Time will come that the vaccines will already be available in the market, I'll buy them for myself to get vaccinated," Yap added. Yap made the statement after Mayor Alfred Romualdez of Tacloban City and four other mayors were served with showcause orders for violating the prioritization of the Covid-19 vaccination program. Yap said he had no ill intention of getting the vaccine early. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said Mayor Alfred Romualdez of Tacloban City, Leyte; Mayor Dibu Tuan of T'boli, South Cotabato; Mayor Sulpicio Villalobos of Sto. Niño, South Cotabato; Mayor Noel Rosal of Legazpi City, Albay; and Mayor Abraham Ibba of Bataraza, Palawan were issued show cause orders for jumping the queue in getting their Covid-19 shots.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 8 rebels killed in Negros Oriental clash Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:47 AM PDT EIGHT suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed after a three-hour firefight against joint elements of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) and the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) in Sitio Agit, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesman of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, said they have yet to identify the eight insurgents whose bodies were recovered at the encounter site. The alleged 40 members of the NPA who engaged with government troopers were identified by Pancito to belong to the NPA's Sentro De Grabidad Platoon and the Samahang Yunit Propaganda Platoon Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor. Pancito said the 62IB was sent to Barangay Trinidad after receiving information of the NPA's presence in the area. Pancito said a three-hour-long gun battle ensued between the 62IB and at least 40 communist insurgents. The 62IB was later backed up NOrPPO units, and the NPA rebels were forced to retreat leaving behind the remains of their dead comrades. Pancito said they have reasons to believe that the NPA rebels they engaged with could have suffered far bigger casualties and the other remains could have likely been dragged away by the insurgents from the encounter site. Both the army and police recovered six M16 assault rifles, an M4 carbine, an M60 machine gun, a KG-9 machine pistol and an improvised explosive device. Government forces also recovered the personal belongings of the insurgents, subversive documents, and documents that yield "high intelligence value." Following the clash, 3ID commander Major General Eric Vinoya lamented the deaths of the eight NPA insurgents. "The tragic death of these eight NPA terrorists is an urgent warning to the remaining members of the group to lay down their arms," Vinoya said. Vinoya said their forces will be unceasing in wiping out the NPA insurgents in Negros. He warned them that surrendering is their only option left to avoid misfortune and death. The 3ID commander also lauded the troops involved in the clash, commenting that it was a "decisive engagement." He further added the NPA insurgents in the area were planning to wage terror as part of the NPA's anniversary celebration this month. "I commend our troops, with deepest sense of pride, for preventing such an evil plan to be conducted by this terrorist organization," he added.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| San Carlos orients workers, senior citizens on Covid-19 vaccination Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:45 AM PDT AS THE local government of San Carlos City prepares for the next group to be vaccinated, representatives of the Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Team of the Emergency Operations Center Vaccine Cluster oriented employees of the various City Hall offices (CHOs) and senior citizens last March 22, 2021. Resource persons during the orientations were nurses Gretel Fegidero, health education and promotion officer of CHO, and Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Team leader Ben Louel Martinez of the City Hospital and Carlos Ramon Solidarios, nurse of the CHO. Fegidero and Martinez cited the importance of the vaccine and how safe it is since the Food and Drug Administration has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for it. They also advised employees to state health status and other medications during the individual assessment before the vaccination. Commonly asked questions include possible side effects of the vaccine and other health concerns especially those who have underlying medical conditions. Moreover, orientation on Covid-19 vaccine and vaccination among senior citizens already started in the different barangays facilitated by Solidarios. (PR)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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