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The National Inter-Agency Task Force has retained Bacolod’s quarantine classification under General Community Quarantine for the next one week, but the IATF said the city will be on heightened restrictions.

The three complainants who questioned the residency of businessman Albee Benitez, who recently transferred his voting rights in Bacolod, alleged that the property that was declared by the businessman as his place of residence in Mt. View Subdivision in Brgy. Mandalagan is an underdeveloped property.

As news of a possible escalation of the city’s quarantine awaits Malacañang’s approval, the Department of Health in Western Visayas reported a total of 122 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, July 14.

Residents willing to be vaccinated can register online through tinyurl.com/bcdceironline

The founder of BREDO port, Atty. Simplicio Palanca passed away today, July 10. Palanca turned 98 last March 12.

The health bureau in a statement sent to Negros News Online stressed that mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 vaccines do not weaken one’s body and cannot make one a “superspreader” as claimed by a pastor in a viral interview.

A 12-hour power outage is slated this weekend in Brgy Sum-ag and Bago City.

The hospital management of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) temporarily closed the 5th Floor COVID
Area of the West Tower Building, yesterday, July 4.

The Philippine Army confirmed that an encounter ensued between their troopers and members of the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental last night, July 4.

One of the escapees in Negros Occidental District Jail was shot and killed in a hot pursuit operations in Murcia town, earlier today, June 30.