March 06, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod has started its vaccination program against Covid-19 for the medical frontliners Friday, March 5, 2021, with five doctors and a nurse in the city receiving the first dose of Sinovac vaccine.
The ceremonial vaccination was held at the Bacolod Government Center (BGC) lobby and witnessed by city officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia; Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran; Councilors Renecito Novero, Israel Salanga, Cindy Rojas, Bartolome Orola and Ayesha Villaflor; and members of Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
The medical doctors, who were the first to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Western Visayas, include Dr. Miguel Sarabia, ophthalmologist and president of Negros Occidental Medical Society (NOMS); Dr. Hector Gayares, chief executive officer of Adventist International Healthcare System Philippines and deputy medical of EOC; Dr. Dolores Rommela Tiples-Ruiz, infectious disease specialist and president of Philippine Society f
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+ February 05, 2021 THE Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is still conducting a thorough investigation to identify the persons behind the killings of a senior citizen and a 23-year-old girl in Bacolod City on Wednesday morning, February 3, 2021.
Police Major Ramel Sarona, chief of Police Station 1, said Thursday they are eyeing more than two suspects in the killing of Gerome Sientos, 62, of Purok Everlasting, Barangay 29, Bacolod.
He said Sientos was standing near a sari-sari store on Malalusan Street, Barangay 32 when unidentified assailants, who were wearing bonnets, fired at him several times.
The victim sustained multiple wounds and died on the spot.
Police recovered from the scene of the crime 16 empty shells of .45 caliber and four slugs of .45 caliber.
SunStar Flash floods, road mishap, drowning, shooting greet NegOcc, Bacolod on New Year s Day
NEW YEAR FLOODING. Flooding hits E.B. Magalona and few other towns in Negros Occidental following heavy rains on New Year s Day. (E.B. Magalona LDRRMO Photo)
+ January 03, 2021 IT WAS a tough start for Negros Occidental and Bacolod City as they were greeted by flash floods that affected thousands of Negrenses, a road accident, and drowning and crime incidents on New Year’s Day.
Flash floods hit at least four local government units in the Third District of the province during New Year s Day that resulted in one death and evacuation of thousands of residents.
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