BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) reported three confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough here. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said the patients are all girls from Barangays Tangub, Taculing, and Villamonte aged one- to three-months-old. Tan said...
BACOLOD CITY – A college student was killed and his companion was injured in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Alangilan here on Sunday, April 7. A STUDENT was killed and his companion was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City on Sunday, April 7. (Photo courtesy...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental dismantled a drug den and arrested three persons in a buy-bust operation in Purok Jose Rizal, Barangay 14, this city, on Friday, April 5. The drug den maintainer, Julius de Pedro Batayen, 39, was apprehended. THE...
Suspected shabu totaling P680,000 was seized from two suspected drug pushers in Negros Occidental on Thursday and Friday. Bacolod City A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Handumanan in Bacolod City on Friday, April 5. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was...
BACOLOD CITY – A reward of P1,000 will be given to anyone who could provide information or photos of individuals committing vandalism in this city. POLICE Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod City police director, discusses the creation of the Anti-Vandalism Task Force with Police Lt. Col. Lester Leada...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod reported 10 grass fire incidents here on Tuesday, April 2. SEVEN hectares of grassland were destroyed in a late afternoon fire in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Tuesday, April 2. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) A total of nine hectares...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has extended the suspension of face-to-face classes on all levels here to April 3 and 4 due to extreme heat that has reached 40 degrees Celsius. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/1/bacolod-negros-lg-us-suspend-classes-due-to-high-heat BENITEZ (right) Benitez...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is monitoring suspected cases of pertussis or whooping cough here. It has sent specimens of two suspected cases of pertussis to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City for confirmatory test. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here is implementing controlled burning of grasslands to manage grass fires in this city. Controlled burning was first enforced in the vicinity of Pope John Paul II Tower in Barangay 8 on Monday night. THE Bureau of Fire Protection...
BACOLOD CITY – This city and local government units in Negros Occidental suspended face-to-face classes on April 1 and 2 due to forecast high heat index reaching up to 42 degrees Celsius. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, in a Facebook post on Easter Sunday, encouraged pre-school...
BACOLOD CITY – Four vehicles were damaged by a tornado that hit Eroreco Subdivision, Barangay Mandalagan, this city, on Good Friday. A TORNADO struck Eroreco Subdivision, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Good Friday. (Photo courtesy of Moi Moi Facebook via Bombo Radyo Bacolod) Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old Bacolodnon placed third in the March 2024 Medical Technologists Licensure Examination, 39 years after his father topped the same examination in 1985. Ralph Jason Tulmo garnered a 92.70 percent rating which enabled him to secure a spot in the Top 10. TULMO (FB) Tulmo...
