Tag: Bacolod

City PIO photoFlags carrier Philippine Airlines has apparently submitted to what passengers described as the "whims" of Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II and the provincial government for insisting that an S-Pass (Safe, Swift and Smart Passage) is required when Bacolod-bound travelers land at the Bacolod-Silay Airport, a press release from the Bacolod City Government said.Not only that. In its policy directed at passengers going to Bacolod, PAL also advised them to fill out as their address "Barangay Airport, Silay City" to comply with the Capitol order.Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang of Bacolod's Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, pointed out that the PAL memo, which many called a "joke", is tantamount to instructing inbound travelers to lie by supplying fake o...

City PIO photoMayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia is exhorting Bacolodnons to take part in the November 29-December 1 National Vaccination Day in a bid to fast-track the government's goal to achieve herd immunity.Leonardia's call was echoed by Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center-Task Force deputy, who also said on t Tuesday, Nov. 23, Bacolod's vaccination teams registered a record-high of 13,403 individuals inoculated in a single day.The EOC-TF and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council, led by Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang, exceeded their original target of only 12,000 after administering first doses to 4,282 city folk and second doses to 6,494 others on top of 2,627 Bacolodnons who received booster jabs, a press release said.Sorongon, who led the Vac-To-School initiat...

BCPO photoMore than P600,000 worth of drugs were seized in separate drug bust operations in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Tuesday morning, November 23.Nabbed was 43-year-old Rafael Martir, alias “Nonoy,” of 1192 Lapu-Lapu Street in Gonzaga Subdivision.He was a suspected high-value drug personality of the Bacolod City Police Office.Seized from his possession were 29 sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 64 grams and worth P435,000, P1,000 in cash, and the P11,000 boodle money.In a separate operation, Janice Palo, alias “Tisay,” of 1203 Lapu-Lapu Street in the same subdivision was also arrested by the police during a drug bust.Palo was listed as one of the most wanted drug personalities of Police Regional Office-6.Recovered from her possession were six ...

Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photoA fire destroyed a two storey house in Purok Maanyag, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, Tuesday morning, November 23, Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, city fire marshal, said.The house was owned by Roy Wendel Bravo and was being rented by Zmile Nava, he said.They were welding barbwire on their perimeter fence and sparks from the welding rod hit the LPG tanks below triggering the fire, he said.No one was injured in the fire, which destruction was estimated at P100,000, Legaspi said.They were suspected to be retailing butane, but an investigation is still underway, he said.*