Negros Oriental & NIR

Bus Trips Resume for Negros Oriental – Negros Occidental

Bus trips crossing the borders of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental is now allowed. This is after Negros Oriental was placed under the lower, more relaxed COVID Alert Level 2, starting Monday, Nov. 15, until Nov. 30, 2021. Meanwhile, 2GO Travel welcomes back tourists for domestic travel and tourism as more borders reopen.

Negros Oriental – Occidental Bust Trips Resume

According to Negros Oriental Spokesperson Bimbo Miraflor, bus trips of the Vallacar Transit Inc. may now ply the Dumaguete-Bacolod route, following the issuance of an executive order by Gov, Roel Degamo. Adopting of course to the guidelines of the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for areas in the country now placed under Alert Level 2.

He also added that travelers should comply with the travel requirements set by both the Negros provinces.

Negros Occidental IATF action officer, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz met with representatives of Vallacar Transit Inc. last November 15, 2021. In which they discussed the proposed resumption of bus trips from Negros Oriental to Negros Occidental. Atty. Diaz said Vallacar Transit Inc. is going for a 70 percent passenger bus capacity.

Vaccinated travelers are now allowed to enter Negros Occidental, without presenting negative antigen results, except for unvaccinated individuals. Diaz also said that the provincial government of Negros Occidental needs the passenger manifest of Vallacar Transit Inc., for approval of their S-Pass, since they are residents of Region 7. As to resumption of land trips between Negros Occidental and Cebu, through RoRo ports, Diaz requires Vallacar Transit Inc. to make a presentation on the proposed destinations and number of passenger buses to be used.

2GO Ferry Travelers – Ready to Go!

Meanwhile, 2G0 Travel is welcoming travelers for domestic trips as more borders reopen. Fully vaccinated travelers with vaccination cards and certificates can enter Batangas, Caticlan, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo City, Manila, Negros Occidental province, Ozamis, and Roxas without the swab test requirement.

To encourage more passengers to push through with their holiday plans, 2GO Travel is offering a 99-peso sea sale, inclusive of accommodation, 50kg baggage allowance, and free unlimited rebooking. You may book your tickets from November 11 to 19, 2021, and sail from Manila to Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Ozamis, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, including Batangas to Caticlan and Roxas and vice versa from December 15, 2021, to January 2022.

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