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By Paulo Loreto Lim A resolution passed before the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) earlier this week urged the Bacolod City Health Office and the City Population Office to conduct intensified family planning campaigns throughout the city, citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority that found 11 percent of pregnancies were from teenage mothers. According …

By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during their regular session earlier this week recognizing the observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, or the International Day of Disabled Persons, which falls on December 3. The observance, which was declared by the United Nations (UN) in 1992, seeks to …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two suspected snatchers were arrested by members of Police Station 4 (PS4) after the global positioning system (GPS) on the phone they stole provided their location, allowing authorities to capture them at Purok Mahimaya-on, Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, yesterday morning. Police identified the suspects as 21-year-old Danilo Vergara and 29-year-old …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Korean national drowned while on holiday in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, Thursday afternoon. Police identified the fatality only as “Mr. Kim,” who was 65 years old and temporarily residing in Dauin, Negros Oriental. Based on a report by Manjuyod municipal police yesterday morning, Kim, along with eight other Korean nationals, arrived around 11:00 …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following last Thursday’s deadly fire in Barangay Felisa in Bacolod City, Mayor Evelio Leonardia got in contact with Barangay Felisa Captain Ramon Jardin and Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) Social Welfare Officer IV Sally Abelarde to have victims be provided with financial assistance. The mayor also met with …

Negros Occidental PCSO budget depleted last month –Resolution By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during its regular session earlier this week requesting the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) central office to allocate funds to the city in order to provide medical assistance to low-income patients. According to …

By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved an ordinance recognizing the observance of Thanksgiving, a holiday celebrated in the United States. The ordinance, authored by City Councilor Sonya Verdeflor, recognizes the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. The policy was passed alongside a resolution calling on Bacolodnons to celebrate the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcycle driver was confirmed dead after he was run over by a ten-wheeler truck along the national highway in Bago City, Negros Occidental, Wednesday afternoon. Police identified the fatality as Jonathan Lim, a native of Sipalay City and currently a resident of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. Traffic investigators from the Bago City …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During a recent press conference, Bacolod City Administrator John Orola announced the city would be conducting a public hearing and consultation next week on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), inviting landowners to attend as the plan will determine specific uses of land and other physical and natural resources. “We …