AID RECIPIENTS. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia (standing) meets with residents whose houses were destroyed in the wake of Typhoon Odette last December, during the distribution of financial assistance at the Gonzaga gym in Barangay Taculing on Thursday (Jan. 27, 2022). Each beneficiary received PHP10,000 from the city government.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here has released a cash aid of PHP10,000 each to the 696 families whose houses were destroyed during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette last December 16. The two-day distribution at the Gonzaga gym in Barangay Taculing was facilitated by the city's Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD). Mayor Evelio Leonardia said they have allocated more than PHP6.9 million for financial assistance to the typhoon victims. On Friday, there were 464 recipients after the first 232 beneficiaries received the payout on Thursday. Those who received assistance were residents of barangays Hand
Bacolod s vaccination drive resumed at the different malls and barangays starting yesterday, Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr., officer-in-charge of the City Health
BACOLOD CITY - Some 47.5 percent or 29 out of the 61 villages in this city have recorded zero coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the past two weeks, based on the latest data released by the Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF) on Monday afternoon. "With continued public cooperation, we hope to sustain this positive trend," EOC-TF executive director Em Legaspi-Ang said in a statement. Those currently without Covid-19 cases are Barangays Alangilan, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40 and 41. Villages with one recorded case each include Punta Taytay, Montevista, 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 31, 36, and 39 while Barangays 7, 14, and 17 have only two cases in the past 14 days. During the October 28 to November 10 period, only 23 barangays were without a single case of Covid-19. As of Monday, Bacolod City, which is under Alert Level 2 until November 30, has logged a total of 23,582 confirmed Covid-19 ca
Twenty-nine barangays in Bacolod City have been without any COVID-19 infection over the last two weeks, while 14 other villages have only at least three