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‘Provide safety precautions versus heatstroke in schools’

March 1, 2024

The Sangguniang Panlungsod has asked the Department of Education Division of Bacolod to ensure safety precautions against heatstroke and other ill-effects of the hot weather on students and faculty members of primary and secondary schools in the city.

Sagay certified ASF-free

February 28, 2024

The Veterinary Office of Sagay said the city has been certified free of the dreaded African swine fever (ASF), as per latest laboratory results from the Animal Disease Diagnosis and Reference Laboratory (ADDRL) of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI).

‘TB-free’ Bacolod pushed as number of patients rises

February 23, 2024

An ordinance strengthening tuberculosis elimination efforts in Bacolod City hurdled second and third reading Feb. 21, as the Sangguniang Panlungsod was informed of a “very alarming” increase in the number of patients since last month.

Capitol awards best-performing sanitation inspectors of 5 LGUs

February 22, 2024

The provincial government awarded cash incentives, worth a total of P50,000, to the best performing sanitation inspectors of two cities and three towns in Negros Occidental Feb. 20.

Dengue cases in WV down by 10 percent

February 20, 2024

The Department of Health said Feb. 19 that dengue cases in Western Visayas in the first five weeks of this year decreased by 10 percent, compared to the same period last year.

PHO logs 418 influenza-like cases in 6 weeks

February 19, 2024

The Provincial Health Office (PHO) logged 418 cases of influenza-like illness in nine of the 31 local government units in Negros Occidental in the first six weeks of 2024.

Victorias City partners with NVC to combat malnutrition

February 13, 2024

Victorias City headed by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez partnered with the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation Inc. anew in its bid to combat malnutrition.

Negros Occ. records 5,721 teenage pregnancies in 2023

February 7, 2024

Some 5,721 teenage pregnancies, with mothers as young as 12 years old, were recorded in Negros Occidental in 2023, data of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed.

3 more dialysis centers eyed in Capitol-managed hospitals

February 5, 2024

More dialysis centers will be established in three Capitol-managed hospital also in line with the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said.

WV logs 334 dengue cases, 1 death: DOH

February 2, 2024

Dengue cases in Western Visayas decreased by 45 percent in the first three weeks of this year, or at 334 cases with one death, compared to the 611 infections logged in the same period last year, the Department of Health in the region said Feb. 2.

‘Provide safety precautions versus heatstroke in schools’

Sagay certified ASF-free

‘TB-free’ Bacolod pushed as number of patients rises

Capitol awards best-performing sanitation inspectors of 5 LGUs

Dengue cases in WV down by 10 percent

PHO logs 418 influenza-like cases in 6 weeks

Victorias City partners with NVC to combat malnutrition

Negros Occ. records 5,721 teenage pregnancies in 2023

3 more dialysis centers eyed in Capitol-managed hospitals

WV logs 334 dengue cases, 1 death: DOH

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