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Bacolod CHO awaits test results on suspected pertussis case

BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) emphasizes the importance of immunization as it waits for the confirmatory test results of the suspected...

No threat of MNLF presence — Bacolod mayor spox

BACOLOD City – Following concerns about the reported alleged presence of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, members of law...
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Weekend rains in NegOcc ‘insufficient,’ calls for cloud seeding renewed

BACOLOD City – Calls for a cloud seeding to induce precipitation over the province were again renewed despite the light rains experienced in some...

Accessibility for Bacolod PWDs, elderlies pushed

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) urged the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to strictly implement laws for more enabling facilities for...
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PCG northern NegOcc gets new commander

BACOLOD City – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in northern Negros Occidental now has a new station commander. Coast Guard Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio...
DEPASUCAT. RADYO BANDERA BACOLOD PHOTO

Boy, 4, hit by reversing pickup

BY JEN BAYLON BACOLOD City – A four-year-old boy was ran over by a pickup truck near the Burgos Public Market. According to Captain Francis Depasucat,...

Clearer guidelines on BTAO operations sought

BACOLOD City – The city government will come up with a set of concrete guidelines for implementing traffic laws following reports of late-night apprehensions. Several...
Food establishments and ambulant vendors should secure the necessary permits in compliance with the food and sanitation standards. Photo shows an ambulant vendor outside a government office in Iloilo City. ALFRED PACIENTE DELA CRUZ PHOTO

‘Rent-to-own’ carts for vendors mulled

BACOLOD City – The city government is mulling to provide uniform carts to ambulant vendors in this city through a “rent-to-own” scheme. It is proposed...
The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office, together with the Task Force Kontra Colorum, apprehends erring tricycles in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. BTAO PHOTO

Bacolod City apprehends 50 ‘colorum’ tricycles

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) apprehended 50 “colorum” tricycles plying the routes around Barangay Mansilingan in this city. Task Force Kontra Colorum...
Exposure of open wounds to contaminated water increases the risk of contracting leptospirosis. Bacolod City recorded its first death this year due to the disease recently. DRRMO-BACOLOD CITY PHOTO / FACEBOOK

Bacolod logs first ‘leptos’ death

BACOLOD City – Amid the dry spell being experienced here, the City Health Office (CHO) of Bacolod has recorded its first death due to...