The new policy could send a flood of breakthrough infections to other areas of the province, which is standing pat on requiring a negative RT-PCR result regardless of vaccination status
Negros Occidental's estimate of damage from Typhoon Odette is almost 3 times the P2-billion President Rodrigo Duterte will give to each affected province
Typhoon Odette hit Negros Occidental's poor families the hardest, tearing down their homes, and damage sustained by the sugar industry and churches will make relief and recovery a harder task