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Mechanics for Awooo!!! It’s Halloween Dress Up Your Dog

DNX News Desk - October 22, 2020

From the back to the top, no hypes nor popularity stopped Ilonggo Rabiya Mateo from taking the crown in the first-ever Miss Universe Philippines, 25 October 2020 held in Baguio City.

Crowning a Dark Horse: MUP crowns Ilonggo Queen

Jose Aaron C. Abinosa - October 25, 2020

How to wear surgical mask: Blue or white side out?

January 31, 2020

Up to eight-hour power interruption on Saturday in certain parts of Talisay

October 29, 2020

How to Register in Bacolod BaCTraC

October 19, 2020

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

October 24, 2020

Diara Food Stop: The little pop-up that cares

October 23, 2020

Violators of face shield ordinance face fine, community service

October 29, 2020

HOMEGROWN | Breadbite: Fresh rise (Or how a small bakery conquers the big city)

October 25, 2020

New EOC policy: BaCTrac registration needed for medical certificate, travel pass

October 26, 2020

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

The need for espresso or Frank Carbon’s frank suggestions

Julius D. Mariveles - October 29, 2020

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

Pinoy Pride: The tale of three Filipinos in the First International...

Hannah A. Papasin - October 29, 2020

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

“I was suddenly jobless, and during a global crisis. I worried about supporting my family,” says Carlos Manzano, 43-year-old breadwinner for a family of two. “I really didn’t have any plans for when I returned to the Philippines—especially since I was an OFW for almost a decade.”

Coca-Cola’s Balik Pinas program helps OFWs to restart back home

October 27, 2020

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which is most commonly seen as a complication of excessive alcohol intake in people with alcohol use disorder.

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

October 24, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought entire economies to a halt, forcing establishments to reduce workforce, while those suddenly out of jobs -- or those simply bored out of their skulls doing nothing -- have to venture into cooking, or baking, or selling online.

FEATURES | Anthony’s Garden: Green Paradise in the city

October 20, 2020

In 2012, the United Nations held a Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, with government and state members hammered out what they called as Sustainable Development Goals, as they come up with a political outcome document that pushes for measures to address pressing political, environmental, and political concerns.

FEATURES | Victorias: Building (ecologically) sustainable communities

October 19, 2020

PRESS RELEASES

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will turn over the newly-constructed 32-room Quarantine and Isolation Facility at Alijis village to the Bacolod City government Friday 30 October 2020.

DPWH to turn over new isolation facility to Bacolod

Persons who need to secure medical certificates in order to be issued a “Travel Authority” document will be required to register in the Bacolod Contact Tracing (BaCTrac) System starting October 26, in accordance with a new order from the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC- TF).

New EOC policy: BaCTrac registration needed for medical certificate, travel pass

Persons showing COVID-19 symptoms are encouraged to seek consultation at the Bacolod Respiratory Outpatient (BRO) Center, instead of going to the City Health Office (CHO), which will no longer accommodate such patients starting October 26.

Patients with COVID-19 symptoms urged to seek consultation at BRO Center...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which is most commonly seen as a complication of excessive alcohol intake in people with alcohol use disorder.

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

Austin Salameda - October 24, 2020

One of the best ways to prevent asthma is to remove triggers, like staying away from smoke, pollution, allergens etc. but this isn’t always easy. So a myriad of treatment options and medications are given to asthmatics.

Take my breath away: An Asthma explainer

Austin Salameda - October 3, 2020

What are food supplements? Are they safe to take?

DNX LIFESTYLE | Frequently Asked Questions on Food Supplements

DNX News Desk - September 30, 2020

"An Asthma patient taking medication using an inhaler has been shown. Additionally, airways of an asthma patient have been shown in comparison with normal airways." by MyUpchar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Take my breath away: An asthma explainer

Austin Salameda - September 29, 2020

Along with CoViD19, however, the other Big C, the benevolent one as opposed to the malevolent ones: Vitamin C appears to have gained newfound attention.

The other Big C: The story of Vitamin C

Julius D. Mariveles - September 21, 2020

"Diagram showing how cancer cells keep on reproducing to form a tumour." by Cancer Research UK is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Cancer: Let’s talk about the “C”

Austin Salameda - September 10, 2020

A normal cell in the human body will go about its function, dividing into exact copies of itself in the process of mitosis until a mechanism called “contact inhibition” tells the cell (or by now the group of cells) to stop multiplying, as most of the space to grow may have been covered.

Cancer: Let’s talk about the “C”

Austin Salameda - September 8, 2020

The Philippine Clinical Practice (CPG) Guidelines has classified leptospirosis as an endemic zoonosis in the Philippines. This means that it is occurring regularly and could be transmitted between animals and humans.

Of mice (or rats) and man: The story of leptospirosis

Austin Salameda - September 5, 2020

The COVID-19 Vaccine called AZD1222 (previously ChAdOx1a), a modified chimp adenovirus vector vaccine, sponsored and manufactured by the University of Oxford and Astrazeneca, has begun its multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trials. According to the National Institutes of Health, the trial will enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers at 80 sites in the United States to evaluate if the candidate vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These trials may last until August 2021.

The COVID-19 saga: Astrazeneca’s Vaccine Begins Phase 3 Clinical Trials

Austin Salameda - September 4, 2020

Claim that only 6% of deaths is caused by CoVid "misleading" and "dangerous"

Claim that only 6% of deaths is caused by CoVid “misleading” and “dangerous”

Hannah A. Papasin - September 2, 2020

SPORTS and GAMES

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

Pinoy Pride: The tale of three Filipinos in the First International...

When the Ultimate Fighting Championships or the UFC exploded into the scene in the late 80s, a lot of assumptions about martial arts and physical combat were either challenged, questioned or busted.

Jiujitsu: Beyond grappling and locking, a way of life

Only those with a deep grasp of the internal dynamics, movement, shiftings, ebb and flow of a thing, concept or phenomenon can draw out profound thoughts and link the seemingly unrelated.

Chess: a game for life, a game about life

Five years ago, a megabout between 8-division boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao and two-division mixed martial arts world champion Conor McGregor is far from reality.

Placing bets on Pacquiao – McGregor Fight: Fact or fiction?

TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft releases an update to remove Adobe Flash in Windows

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - President Duterte criticized Facebook on Monday says they cannot stop him from promoting his government objectives in the country.

Error 404: Facebook Not Found!

Bye-bye Facebook? Duterte mulls stopping socmed giant ops in country

The PLDT, Inc., in its advisory informed its subscribers that five-day maintenance activities will be conducted tomorrow Friday until 30 September, 2020 (Wednesday).

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

PLDT ADVISORY | Five-day maintenance activities start tomorrow

CRIME

Man shot in front of school drives wounded to police checkpoint

Julius D. Mariveles - September 18, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Police here has confirmed an early evening shooting incident in front of a school in Villamonte village, with the victim managing to drive wounded to a checkpoint and reporting the incident himself before he was brought to the hospital.

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The police here reported that a high-value individual escaped their operation on 28 August, a Friday.

Who is Jeniffer (or Jiniffer) Mercader?

September 4, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The flow of poor man's cocaine or meth, like essential goods, continues unchecked here, with supply coming in from other regions, a ranking police officer here said.

Poor man’s coke continues to swirl amid quarantines; Tokhang claims suspected...

August 29, 2020

Photo from https://menschenrechte-philippinen.de

Lone assassin kills rights defender in residential area after Oratio Imperata,...

August 17, 2020

Mechanics for Awooo!!! It’s Halloween Dress Up Your Dog

DNX News Desk - October 22, 2020

From the back to the top, no hypes nor popularity stopped Ilonggo Rabiya Mateo from taking the crown in the first-ever Miss Universe Philippines, 25 October 2020 held in Baguio City.

Crowning a Dark Horse: MUP crowns Ilonggo Queen

Jose Aaron C. Abinosa - October 25, 2020

How to wear surgical mask: Blue or white side out?

January 31, 2020

Up to eight-hour power interruption on Saturday in certain parts of Talisay

October 29, 2020

How to Register in Bacolod BaCTraC

October 19, 2020

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

October 24, 2020

Diara Food Stop: The little pop-up that cares

October 23, 2020

Violators of face shield ordinance face fine, community service

October 29, 2020

HOMEGROWN | Breadbite: Fresh rise (Or how a small bakery conquers the big city)

October 25, 2020

New EOC policy: BaCTrac registration needed for medical certificate, travel pass

October 26, 2020

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

The need for espresso or Frank Carbon’s frank suggestions

Julius D. Mariveles - October 29, 2020

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

Pinoy Pride: The tale of three Filipinos in the First International...

Hannah A. Papasin - October 29, 2020

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

“I was suddenly jobless, and during a global crisis. I worried about supporting my family,” says Carlos Manzano, 43-year-old breadwinner for a family of two. “I really didn’t have any plans for when I returned to the Philippines—especially since I was an OFW for almost a decade.”

Coca-Cola’s Balik Pinas program helps OFWs to restart back home

October 27, 2020

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which is most commonly seen as a complication of excessive alcohol intake in people with alcohol use disorder.

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

October 24, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought entire economies to a halt, forcing establishments to reduce workforce, while those suddenly out of jobs -- or those simply bored out of their skulls doing nothing -- have to venture into cooking, or baking, or selling online.

FEATURES | Anthony’s Garden: Green Paradise in the city

October 20, 2020

In 2012, the United Nations held a Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, with government and state members hammered out what they called as Sustainable Development Goals, as they come up with a political outcome document that pushes for measures to address pressing political, environmental, and political concerns.

FEATURES | Victorias: Building (ecologically) sustainable communities

October 19, 2020

PRESS RELEASES

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will turn over the newly-constructed 32-room Quarantine and Isolation Facility at Alijis village to the Bacolod City government Friday 30 October 2020.

DPWH to turn over new isolation facility to Bacolod

Persons who need to secure medical certificates in order to be issued a “Travel Authority” document will be required to register in the Bacolod Contact Tracing (BaCTrac) System starting October 26, in accordance with a new order from the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC- TF).

New EOC policy: BaCTrac registration needed for medical certificate, travel pass

Persons showing COVID-19 symptoms are encouraged to seek consultation at the Bacolod Respiratory Outpatient (BRO) Center, instead of going to the City Health Office (CHO), which will no longer accommodate such patients starting October 26.

Patients with COVID-19 symptoms urged to seek consultation at BRO Center...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which is most commonly seen as a complication of excessive alcohol intake in people with alcohol use disorder.

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

Austin Salameda - October 24, 2020

One of the best ways to prevent asthma is to remove triggers, like staying away from smoke, pollution, allergens etc. but this isn’t always easy. So a myriad of treatment options and medications are given to asthmatics.

Take my breath away: An Asthma explainer

Austin Salameda - October 3, 2020

What are food supplements? Are they safe to take?

DNX LIFESTYLE | Frequently Asked Questions on Food Supplements

DNX News Desk - September 30, 2020

"An Asthma patient taking medication using an inhaler has been shown. Additionally, airways of an asthma patient have been shown in comparison with normal airways." by MyUpchar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Take my breath away: An asthma explainer

Austin Salameda - September 29, 2020

Along with CoViD19, however, the other Big C, the benevolent one as opposed to the malevolent ones: Vitamin C appears to have gained newfound attention.

The other Big C: The story of Vitamin C

Julius D. Mariveles - September 21, 2020

"Diagram showing how cancer cells keep on reproducing to form a tumour." by Cancer Research UK is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Cancer: Let’s talk about the “C”

Austin Salameda - September 10, 2020

A normal cell in the human body will go about its function, dividing into exact copies of itself in the process of mitosis until a mechanism called “contact inhibition” tells the cell (or by now the group of cells) to stop multiplying, as most of the space to grow may have been covered.

Cancer: Let’s talk about the “C”

Austin Salameda - September 8, 2020

The Philippine Clinical Practice (CPG) Guidelines has classified leptospirosis as an endemic zoonosis in the Philippines. This means that it is occurring regularly and could be transmitted between animals and humans.

Of mice (or rats) and man: The story of leptospirosis

Austin Salameda - September 5, 2020

The COVID-19 Vaccine called AZD1222 (previously ChAdOx1a), a modified chimp adenovirus vector vaccine, sponsored and manufactured by the University of Oxford and Astrazeneca, has begun its multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trials. According to the National Institutes of Health, the trial will enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers at 80 sites in the United States to evaluate if the candidate vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These trials may last until August 2021.

The COVID-19 saga: Astrazeneca’s Vaccine Begins Phase 3 Clinical Trials

Austin Salameda - September 4, 2020

Claim that only 6% of deaths is caused by CoVid "misleading" and "dangerous"

Claim that only 6% of deaths is caused by CoVid “misleading” and “dangerous”

Hannah A. Papasin - September 2, 2020

SPORTS and GAMES

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

Pinoy Pride: The tale of three Filipinos in the First International...

When the Ultimate Fighting Championships or the UFC exploded into the scene in the late 80s, a lot of assumptions about martial arts and physical combat were either challenged, questioned or busted.

Jiujitsu: Beyond grappling and locking, a way of life

Only those with a deep grasp of the internal dynamics, movement, shiftings, ebb and flow of a thing, concept or phenomenon can draw out profound thoughts and link the seemingly unrelated.

Chess: a game for life, a game about life

Five years ago, a megabout between 8-division boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao and two-division mixed martial arts world champion Conor McGregor is far from reality.

Placing bets on Pacquiao – McGregor Fight: Fact or fiction?

TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft releases an update to remove Adobe Flash in Windows

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - President Duterte criticized Facebook on Monday says they cannot stop him from promoting his government objectives in the country.

Error 404: Facebook Not Found!

Bye-bye Facebook? Duterte mulls stopping socmed giant ops in country

The PLDT, Inc., in its advisory informed its subscribers that five-day maintenance activities will be conducted tomorrow Friday until 30 September, 2020 (Wednesday).

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

PLDT ADVISORY | Five-day maintenance activities start tomorrow

CRIME

Man shot in front of school drives wounded to police checkpoint

Julius D. Mariveles - September 18, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Police here has confirmed an early evening shooting incident in front of a school in Villamonte village, with the victim managing to drive wounded to a checkpoint and reporting the incident himself before he was brought to the hospital.

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The police here reported that a high-value individual escaped their operation on 28 August, a Friday.

Who is Jeniffer (or Jiniffer) Mercader?

September 4, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The flow of poor man's cocaine or meth, like essential goods, continues unchecked here, with supply coming in from other regions, a ranking police officer here said.

Poor man’s coke continues to swirl amid quarantines; Tokhang claims suspected...

August 29, 2020

Photo from https://menschenrechte-philippinen.de

Lone assassin kills rights defender in residential area after Oratio Imperata,...

August 17, 2020

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DNX Focus: Rough Roads, Bumpy Rides

Julius D. Mariveles - August 19, 2019

Tales from a bus BACOLOD CITY - Tell someone here "daw bag-o ka lang kapanaug sa Ceres (seems like...

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The country's Sugar Bowl will go on a lockdown Monday, 30 March 2020, to prevent the spread of the COVID19 inside its borders where more than two million people live.

Negros Occidental two-week shutdown starts Monday

Julius D. Mariveles - March 24, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The country's Sugar Bowl will go on a lockdown Monday, 30 March 2020, to prevent the spread of the COVID19 inside its borders where more than two million people live.

Politics: Main story | Examining Bing

Julius D. Mariveles - August 19, 2019

The leaves of the mango tree outside a cream-colored house in Rosario Street, Bacolod City hardly moved. There was...

The Lantawan Dilemma: The Cost of Development

Mark de la Paz - July 30, 2020

Sitio Lantawan in Silay City is one of the more popular and easily-accessible nature destinations near Bacolod. Lantawan has numerous cafes and...

Quarantine Day One | BM Montelibano: I did not refuse thermal scan

Julius D. Mariveles - March 16, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Third District Board Member Andrew Montelibano denied claims of a police officer that he refused to...

EDUCATION

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - For the past few months, Ramil Abillar wakes up early for coffee in a neighborhood coffeeshop owned by Hernani Castor, a village councilman in the middle-class residential subdivision of Eroreco.

SPECIAL REPORT | ISKOL BUKOL? Mentors, parents, students head off to “new normal” education amid “surprises” and challenges

Julius D. Mariveles - September 30, 2020

Teaching in the midst of CoVid: Quo vadis, teachers?

July 13, 2020

Teaching in the midst of CoViD: Quo vadis, teachers?

July 8, 2020

Teaching in the midst of CoVid: Quo vadis, teachers?

July 1, 2020

HEALTH & FITNESS

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, which is most commonly seen as a complication of excessive alcohol intake in people with alcohol use disorder.

Real or Faked: The Business Side of CoVid

Austin Salameda - October 24, 2020

Take my breath away: An Asthma explainer

October 3, 2020

DNX LIFESTYLE | Frequently Asked Questions on Food Supplements

September 30, 2020

Take my breath away: An asthma explainer

September 29, 2020

BUSINESS

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

The need for espresso or Frank Carbon’s frank suggestions

Julius D. Mariveles - October 29, 2020

HOMEGROWN | Breadbite: Fresh rise (Or how a small bakery conquers the big city)

October 25, 2020

Mayor Bing tells economic team to meet with local businessmen to discuss measures to revitalize economy

October 14, 2020

HOMEGROWN | Blaire’s Unique Picks: Baking in the time of corona

August 19, 2020

DNX LIFESTYLE | FOOD REVIEW | The small things that count: Tacos ni Toti and why it could be the closest thing we can...

Easy on the Pocket Reviews: Good eats for Home Quarantine

Hannah A. Papasin - August 9, 2020

Easy-on-the-Pocket Reviews: Food Treats for the Hungry You

Hannah A. Papasin - July 20, 2020

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Health authorities here say the city has recorded a 91.47 percent recovery rate from the coronavirus disease.

Nine out of 10 COVID patients in Bacolod recover, CHO data...

Neska A. Centina - October 29, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Provincial Director of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Negros Occidental Atty. Ferdinand Panes died on Wednesday, 28 October. He was 60.

Provincial News

DILG provincial director Panes, 60, dies of heart attack

Neska A. Centina - October 29, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Violators of the amended City Ordinance (CO) 926 will be penalized with eight-hour community service or with a fine of P200 while non-residents will be fined P300 for violating the said ordinance.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

Violators of face shield ordinance face fine, community service

Neska A. Centina - October 29, 2020

Microsoft releases an update to remove Adobe Flash in Windows

Frederick Villaluna - October 29, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. informs its consumers connected to Alijis Feeder 6 that maintenance activities will be conducted on 30 October, Friday.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

Six-hour power interruption in Taculing tomorrow

Hannah A. Papasin - October 29, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. informs its consumers connected to Talisay Feeder 3 (TF3) that maintenance activities will be conducted on 31 October, Saturday. Details of this outage are as follows:

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

Up to eight-hour power interruption on Saturday in certain parts of...

Hannah A. Papasin - October 29, 2020

Frank Carbon sat at the western end of the restaurant's left wing when this reporter arrived.

The need for espresso or Frank Carbon’s frank suggestions

Julius D. Mariveles - October 29, 2020

An old joke goes: A pedestrian sees a musician getting out of a cab and asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The artist replies, “Practice, practice, practice.”

Pinoy Pride: The tale of three Filipinos in the First International...

Hannah A. Papasin - October 29, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - The Provincial Tourism Office recorded 2,637 employees in the tourism industry in Negros Occidental were displaced due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

Provincial News

COVID crashes tourism industry, lays off thousands

Neska A. Centina - October 28, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Lone opposition Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. sees the temporary restraining order issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Phoebe Gargantiel as a "partial victory" against the looming "privatization" of the water utilities firm.

Prime, interrupted: Judge TROs Villar-firm takeover of BACIWA

Julius D. Mariveles - October 27, 2020

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Officials here are thankful after all remaining persons under investigation confined in a government hospital tested negative for the nCoronavirus now designated by the World Health Organization as the coronavirus disease or COVID-19.

nCov Bacolod update: All PUIs test negative for infection, released from...

February 12, 2020

While the COVID-19 has caused a worldwide demand for surgical masks (face mask), it is important to know how to effectively maximize its use and who should be given priority considering the limited stocks in the market.

How to wear surgical mask: Blue or white side out?

January 31, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Governor Eugenio Lacson has modified certain provisions of his executive order imposing an Enhanced Community Quarantine over the province by allowing the partial return of public transport, some construction works, and a mandatory 14- day quarantine for all returning Negrenses.

Guv: “Slowly go back to normal life” but be extra careful;...

April 15, 2020