BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) reported the first fatality from suspected dengue in this city this year. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment and Sanitation Division, said the patient was an 18-year-old woman from Barangay Estefania. TAN (Glazyl Masculino) Tan said the...
BACOLOD CITY – A modern city hall will soon rise in a historic site in the downtown area here. City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez led the groundbreaking of the new four-story building on Luzuriaga-Araneta Sts. in Barangay 13 on Tuesday, August 6. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is distributing P30-million worth of free school supplies to more than 65,000 pupils here. BACOLOD City officials led by Mayor Albee Benitez (center) distribute free school supplies to pupils of Rizal Elementary School and Education and Training Center...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has offered a cash reward to any information that would aid police in addressing unsolved killings in this city. BCPO chief Police Col. Joeresty Coronica pays a courtesy call on Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old purok or community leader passed away on Sunday, August 4, three days after he was injured in a fire in Purok Kingfisher, Barangay 16, this city, on August 1. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, identified the victim as Alejandro Tiad. READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A centenarian from this city recently received a cash incentive of P100,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). CENTENARIAN Emilia Henares (seated) from Barangay 22, Bacolod City, recently received P100,000 cash incentive from the Department of Social...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old man was injured and 15 houses were razed by a fire in Purok Kingfisher, Barangay 16, this city, before dawn on Thursday morning, August 1. FIFTEEN houses were razed by a fire in Barangay 16, Bacolod City on Thursday, August 1. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighty-one families were rendered homeless in an early morning fire in a coastal area in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2, this city, on Wednesday, July 31. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, said they received a fire call at 3:26 a.m., about 10 to 15 minutes after the fire...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is tracing the whereabouts of a Chinese-looking woman who allegedly collected the sensitive information of residents here recently. Lawyer Jose Gabriel Jr., NBI-Bacolod executive officer, in a media interview, said they are trying to...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) explosion in Purok Kametal, Barangay Mandalagan here on Monday, July 29. THREE persons were injured in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank explosion in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Monday, July 29. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) chief, expressed concern over the unauthorized collection of sensitive information by a woman from residents in this city early this month. CORONICA (Glazyl Masculino) “It’s a possible threat to national...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Negros Occidental Licensing Center has validated the Philippine driver’s license issued to an Indian fugitive who was arrested here early this month. In a letter from its chief Joseph Danoy Sr., the licensing center certified that the...
