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...
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...
