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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Over a period of nine years, hundreds of residents in the residential subdivision of JJ Gonzaga sent a total of letter-complaints to officials here, from the punong baragay (village chief), two councilors, city health officials, three mayors, and even the owner of a construction firm they have been complaining against.

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Nine years of laments: How residential subdivision dwellers endured alleged pollution...

First, the Taal Volcano eruption last 12 January 2020. I was already slowly going back on track in February but… Boom! The novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) reached the Philippine shores and everything turned upside down. It left me jobless. It left my partner jobless. It left everyone in the family jobless.

FIRST PERSON | Out of the rain

The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) members during the webinar.

Bacolod adopting South Cotabato contact tracing system

Photo from Los Angeles Lakers twitter page.

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Every day, for the past nine years, Joresty Coronica endured the noise from a batch plant owned by Silver Dragon Construction Corporation, a prime construction firm based here.

Nine years of laments: How residential subdivision dwellers endured alleged pollution...

September 23, 2020

The PLDT, Inc., in its advisory informed its subscribers that five-day maintenance activities will be conducted tomorrow Friday until 30 September, 2020 (Wednesday).

PLDT ADVISORY | Five-day maintenance activities start tomorrow

September 24, 2020

While the COVID-19 has caused a worldwide demand for surgical masks (face mask), it is important to know how to effectively maximize its use and who should be given priority considering the limited stocks in the market.

How to wear surgical mask: Blue or white side out?

January 31, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Over a period of nine years, hundreds of residents in the residential subdivision of JJ Gonzaga sent a total of letter-complaints to officials here, from the punong baragay (village chief), two councilors, city health officials, three mayors, and even the owner of a construction firm they have been complaining against.

Nine years of laments: How residential subdivision dwellers endured alleged pollution...

September 26, 2020

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Officials here are thankful after all remaining persons under investigation confined in a government hospital tested negative for the nCoronavirus now designated by the World Health Organization as the coronavirus disease or COVID-19.

nCov Bacolod update: All PUIs test negative for infection, released from...

February 12, 2020

While the COVID-19 has caused a worldwide demand for surgical masks (face mask), it is important to know how to effectively maximize its use and who should be given priority considering the limited stocks in the market.

How to wear surgical mask: Blue or white side out?

January 31, 2020

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Governor Eugenio Lacson has modified certain provisions of his executive order imposing an Enhanced Community Quarantine over the province by allowing the partial return of public transport, some construction works, and a mandatory 14- day quarantine for all returning Negrenses.

Guv: “Slowly go back to normal life” but be extra careful;...

April 15, 2020