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The Visayan Daily Star

Capitol to manage cyber center

Diaz said Lacson has designated former solon and now provincial consultant, Alfredo Benitez, to lead a team that will represent the provincial government in negotiating with the NPMDC, for the smooth transfer of cyber center management to the provincial government, that he expects to be completed within this month.

10,000 test kits for TLJPH molecular lab arriving today



Published on: 10/08/2020 | Section: Top Stories
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN

The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital molecular laboratory in Silay City, Negros Occidental, is getting an additional 10,000 COVID-19 testing kits, Gen. Mel Feliciano, chief implementer of the Inter Agency Task Force-Visayas, said.

Feliciano, who met Tuesday with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, provincial consultant Alfredo Benitez and representatives of five local government units under the Metro 3rd, said that additional testing kits are expected to arrive tomorrow.


The Department of Health earlier dispatched 18,000 testing kits to the TLJPH molecular lab, as facilitated by Rep. Francisco Benitez and Abang Lingkod Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano, following the operationalization of the Metro 3rd Emergency Operations Center for COVID-19.

Mass testing reaches 6,293



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.

Give Negros, Bacolod all-out support vs. Covid-19: Duterte



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.

Four-day lockdown set for Covid mass testing



Published on: 08/24/2020 | Section: Headlines
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ



Former Rep. Alfredo Benitez (2nd from left) with Bacolod Councilor Renecito Novero, Mayor Evelio Leonardia, and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (l-r) discuss the “timeout weekend” at a meeting Saturday.*Richard Malihan photo

A four-day “timeout weekend”, from August 28 to 31, will see the lockdown of four cities and one town in Negros Occidental for mass COVID-19 testing to curb the rising transmission of the deadly virus, provincial economic adviser, former Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, announced Saturday.

Special task force readies for Covid-19 mass testing



08/23/2020

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who chairs the city’s Inter-Agency Task Force, and Councilor Renecito Novero, chair of the Quarantine Centers Action Team, joined virtual meeting on “O-Plan: One-Time Big-Time Mass Testing” with Negros Occidental officials today, aftermotoday [August 23].

Joining the online meeting are Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Member Ryan Gamboa, Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez, Talisay City Mayor Neil Lizares, Silay City Mayor Mark Golez, Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo, Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, and DOH-6 regional director Dr. Marlyn Convocar, a press rel;ease from the Bacolod Public Information Office said..

Time-Out Weekend



08/22/2020

MASS TESTING



Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who chairs the city’s IATF, and Councilor Renecito Novero, chair of the Quarantine Centers Action Team, join Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Member Ryan Gamboa, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, and Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez in a press conference today [August 22] to inform the public of the planned Lockdown for COVID-19 Mass Testing, dubbed “Time-Out Weekend,” from August 28 to 31.

This project is initiated by the Provincial Government.

A Special Task Force will be created to facilitate the mass testing of 10,000 symptomatic patients and their close contacts in the cities of Bacolod, Silay, Talisay, and Bago, and the municipality of Murcia for four days this weekend.

Comprehensive drive vs. virus set: Albee



Published on: 08/21/2020 | Section: Top Stories
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

O-plan: One time, big time”, a comprehensive plan to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Negros Occidental is set to be launched, former Rep. Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said yesterday.

Benitez, Negros Occidental consultant on economic affairs, said a press conference will be held this week to announce the action plan on the three Ts – test, trace, and treat.

Negros mayors to fly flag at half-mast for frontliners



Published on: 08/13/2020 | Section: Top Stories
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

The Visayan Daily Star
Published on: 08/13/2020
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

The mayors of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City yesterday agreed to fly the Philippine flag at half-mast from August 15 to 31 in support and sympathy to all health care workers, frontliners and those who have succumbed to COVID-19, Victorias Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Association of Chief Executives in Negros Occidental president, said.

The resolution to fly the Philippine flag at half-mast was in response to the call of Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) and former Rep. Alfredo Benitez.

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