BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) logged a 50 percent increase in animal bite cases here. Dr. Carlo Ortega of the CHO said that 9,000 patients were recorded in 2022 and went up by 5,000 to 14,000 in 2023. Ortega said that 1,400 cases were listed monthly from January to March this year...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to relocate the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Male Dormitory in Barangay Singcang-Airport to a new site in Barangay Granada. Mayor Albee Benitez, accompanied by Barangay-Singcang Airport Captain Caesar Distrito, recently inspected the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is asking the Department of Energy (DOE) for a price cap amid the increasing power rates. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) "I have just asked DOE Undersecretary (Sharon) Garin if we can trigger the provision of the Energy Regulatory...
BACOLOD CITY – A construction worker died after an electrical technician hit him with a metal cutter during a domestic dispute in Barangay Handumanan here on Wednesday, May 15. A 46-year-old construction worker was killed during a domestic dispute with an electrical technician in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple and suspected shabu worth P2.8 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Thursday, May 16. Police withheld the names of the suspects, live-in partners aged 42 and 32, pending the filing of the case. Police Major Eugene Tolentino,...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is preparing for the Philippine Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Games 2024 Visayas Regional Qualifying Leg from May 26 to June 1. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez and Sen. Francis Tolentino pose during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 59 grams of suspected shabu valued at P401,000 from a woman and her nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3 here on Sunday, May 5. A WOMAN and her nephew were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Bacolod City on Sunday, May 5. (Photo courtesy...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 663,500 liters of water have been delivered to residents of 18 barangays here affected by the El Niño phenomenon since the start of this city’s water rationing program last month. RESIDENTS queue in line for water during the ‘Patubig sa Barangay’ program of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Four individuals, including a couple, were arrested in buy-bust operations here this week. Seized from the suspects were P840,344 worth of suspected shabu. POLICE arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City on Tuesday, April 30....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has formed a task force to strictly implement measures to curb vandalism here. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez issued an executive order on April 24 against vandalism that has been observed in different public and private areas in this city. Benitez...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old robbery suspect and drug personality was gunned down in a subdivision in Barangay Alijis here on Friday, April 26. Police identified the victim as Jay-r Gamboa, 32, a resident of Barangay 16 here. POLICE probe the area where a robbery suspect was killed in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was shot dead in a subdivision in Barangay Cabug here on Thursday, April 25. Police identified the victim as Teresito Gepelga, 56, of Barangay Cabug. A TRICYCLE was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City on Thursday, April 25....
