The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) is prepared for a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak. Caesar Distrito, spokesperson of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, said the CHO is trained in case of any eventuality, adding that this city’s massive vaccination program against pertussis...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-two policemen here and Negros Occidental were promoted on Monday, March 25. ALMOST 600 police officers from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) and Bacolod City were promoted on Monday, March 25. (Photo courtesy of Nocppo) The Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged notorious thief was gunned down inside a computer shop in Barangay 2 here on Sunday, March 24. Police identified the victim as 26-year-old Benjoe San Jose of Barangay 2. AN alleged notorious thief was shot dead inside a computer shop in Barangay 2, Bacolod City, on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will deploy 1,000 personnel and will be on full alert status from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday to ensure a safe and orderly observance of the Holy Week here. THE BCPO Station 6 conducts a checkpoint in Bacolod City. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded 209 grass fire incidents in this city from January to March this year. The BFP-Bacolod said 54 were reported in January, 78 in February, and 77 in March. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod personnel responded to a recent grass...
BACOLOD -- The entire PBA delegation received a warm reception in the City of Smiles in a huge kickoff for the All-Star festivities this weekend at the University of St. La Salle gymnasium. Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez (in white, center) welcomes the PBA All-Star delegation on Thursday at the...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man died after he was shot by his nephew following a misunderstanding over a carabao in Crossing Carmen, Barangay Granada here on Monday, March 18. Police identified the victim as 72-year-old Rafael Cahina. POLICE probe the area where a senior citizen was shot dead by...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a motel in Barangay 6 here on Friday, March 15. Police identified the suspects as Christian Lachica, 22, of Barangay 13 here, a construction worker, and Jemmuel Lucanilao, 23, an event organizer, of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY - A drug pusher is back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Tisa, Barangay 20 here on Thursday, March 14. A DRUG pusher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 20, Bacolod City on Thursday, March 14. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)...
Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has commended senators for their dedication and commitment toward the progress and unity of Negros Island after they approved Senate Bill No. 2507 establishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) on Tuesday, March 12. BENITEZ (FB) “Today is a...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to allocate P50 million for the construction of pipe-laying facilities as a prompt intervention to address the water shortage here amid the El Niño phenomenon. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez meets Bacolod City Water District...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez suspended classes on the elementary and secondary levels here for two days due to extreme heat. BENITEZ speaks in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday, March 11. (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that face-to-face...
