BACOLOD CITY – Seventy-two persons aboard MV Weesam Express 6 were rescued after the vessel suffered mechanical trouble shortly after departing the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) port here on Friday, August 23. THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued passengers of MV Weesam...
BACOLOD CITY – Six individuals have died from leptospirosis here, the City Health Office said. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment and Sanitation Division, said the two most recent fatalities were a construction worker and an Information Technology (IT) graduate. SIX persons have died...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old girl was reported as a third probable dengue fatality in this city. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the City Health Office (CHO)-Environment and Sanitation Division, said the patient was a resident of Barangay 16. She had fever on August 4 and admitted to a hospital three...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-day old baby boy abandoned by his mother was found in Purok Guanzon, Barangay Mansilingan here on Wednesday, August 21. Police Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 7, said the baby wrapped in a cloth was discovered by children looking for spiders in the area around 6:30...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 47,000 households or 22 percent of the 224,000 consumers served by the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) have been affected by the widespread unscheduled power interruption here since Wednesday night, August 21. AN employee of the Negros Electric and...
BACOLOD CITY – The stepfather of a 15-year-old Grade 10 student from Barangay Sum-ag here who was found dead recently in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental appeared before the police on Tuesday, August 20, and denied involvement in her death. Police refused to disclose more details as the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has offered a P50,000 cash reward for information that would help the police solve the murder of a Grade 10 student from Barangay Sum-ag here who went missing and found dead in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental last week. MAYOR Albee Benitez speaks to the...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is constructing its first athletes’ dormitory here in recognition of their achievements in various sports competitions. CITY officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez lead the groundbreaking of the P12.5-million athletes’ dormitory at Romanito Maravilla...
BACOLOD CITY – Students of the Sum-ag National High School here sought justice for a Grade 10 student who was found dead in Barangay Cubay, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental last week. STUDENTS of Sum-ag National High School in Bacolod City hold a prayer rally on Monday, August 19, seeking...
BACOLOD CITY – Another centenarian from this city recently received a P100,000 cash incentive from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the city government. CENTENARIAN Ambrocio Naranja (left) of Barangay Bata, Bacolod City receives a P100,000 cash incentive from...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is eyeing charges against fake news peddlers on social media. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) In a media interview on Saturday, August 17, Mayor Albee Benitez said that he has asked the City Legal Office to study the cases that can be filed against them as...
BACOLOD CITY – This city launched the sapphire or 45th anniversary celebration of the MassKara Festival this year on Saturday, August 17, with a goal to make the event well-known worldwide. MAYOR Albee Benitez (fourth from right) and the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc. headed by president and...
