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BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN We don’t intend to close the Negros Occidental. This was stressed yesterday by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, amid increasing COVID-19

Marcos orders review of Covid-19 Alert Level System

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office of Negros Occidental is closely monitoring the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Iloilo, noting

(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY -Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has directed the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) here to spearhead the local government's continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response. As of Friday, the functions of the Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF), which previously included deputies from the private sector, have been transferred to the CDRRMO complemented by concerned departments and offices as provided in Execut...

REWARD.The city government of Catbalogan, Samar produced a campaign material to encourage more senior citizens to get Covid-19 vaccines. Cash incentives will be given to the first 500 elderlies who will participate in the vaccination drive.(Photo courtesy of Catbalogan city government) TACLOBAN CITY -Senior citizens in Catbalogan City, Samar will receive cash incentives from the local government for voluntarily submitting themselves to Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccination. Catbalogan ...

Experts from the medical and economic sector are proposing to use the "traffic light approach" for alert level systems as among the country's next steps amid the pandemic. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line w

Mt. Kanlaon (file photo) MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has cautioned residents living near Mt. Kanlaon in Negros and Mt. Bulusan in Sorgoson to be prepared as the two volcanoes are showing signs of "phreatic or steam-driven explosions." In a virtual public briefing, Phivolcs officer-in-charge Director Renato Solidum Jr. said they have monitored a concerning "tornillo type volcanic earthquake" event around Kanlaon in the past severa...

Active volcanoes Bulusan and Kanlaon are being monitored by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) as both of the volcanoes continue to show signs of unrest. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary and Phivolcs Officer-in

Benitez issues order streamlining functions of EOC to disaster management office

Covid-19 cases in PH continue to increase