BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city will launch a geofenced 911 emergency hotline later this month as part of the several governance and service-delivery reforms under the administration of Mayor Greg Gasataya. In a statement on Wednesday, Gasataya said the state-of-the-art emergency...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city will stage the 2026 Bacolaodiat Festival, one of the country’s biggest Chinese New Year celebrations, in four festival sites on Feb. 20 to 22. The Bacolod City Government Center grounds will serve as the main festival site, along with three other...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 6 pupil drowned on a river in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Wednesday, Jan. 28, two months before his elementary graduation and 13th birth anniversary in March. The victim, the youngest of four siblings, went to the river with several classmates after a half-day...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-five families were homeless and 16 houses were destroyed in two fires here on Sunday and Monday. The first fire at 4:40 p.m. on Sunday in Purok 3 Batad, Sitio Magsungay, Barangay Singcang-Airport affected five families or 13 individuals and destroyed three houses. Damage to...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-seven houses were destroyed in a fire on Saturday afternoon in Barangay 10 here. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, said the fire was reported at 2:19 p.m. and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) responded immediately. Due to strong winds and huge flames,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is getting an infrastructure boost with the construction of another police building worth almost P10 million in Barangay Cabug. The groundbreaking led by the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) on Friday follows the earlier...
BACOLOD CITY – The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), the apex hospital of the Department of Health (DOH) in Negros Island Region, unveiled its upgraded Emergency Department here Friday afternoon ahead of the formal re-opening next week. The completion of the almost...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) has warned people here against individuals or groups pretending to be garbage collectors and asking for cash donations. BENRO officer-in-charge Allyn Luv Dignadice issued the warning after they received a complaint about a...
Police arrested 446 wanted persons in Bacolod City last year. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy, Bacolod police spokesperson, said active public participation contributed to the city police force’s anti-criminality campaign. He said that information provided by people helped authorities strengthen...
BACOLOD CITY – InDrive, a global mobility platform, was officially launched here on Tuesday, Jan. 20, with the opening of a driver center on Burgos Extension in Barangay Villamonte. The opening was led by inDrive Philippines Business Development Head Sofia Guinto, Driver Operations Lead Vanessa...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) is investigating a call center agent who recently went viral on social media for blocking the right-of-way of a responding firetruck in this highly-urbanized city. A video circulating online showed a motorcycle...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and two others were arrested and 105 grams of suspected shabu valued at P714,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Monday, Jan. 19. Police identified the suspects as Jess, 19, SK Councilor; SK Kagawad Jov,...
