BACOLOD CITY – Barangays 39 and 29 topped this year’s Elektroika Diva and float parade competitions during the recent 45th MassKara Festival here. Glittering costumes and colorful floats illuminated the streets during the parade from Megaworld’s The Upper East to the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc. has raised P1 million for victims of severe tropical storm “Kristine,” particularly in the Bicol region. The MassKara Festival 2024 organizer initiated a MassKarade Ball dubbed “Sapphirus” to raise funds for those deeply impacted by the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has donated P2.5-million worth of assistance to kiosk tenants affected by tropical cyclone “Kristine” and extended the MassKara Festival celebration until Oct. 31. The five-day extension from Oct. 27 to 31 benefitted food kiosks at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office seized suspected shabu valued at P33 million during the 45th MassKara Festival here from Oct. 1 to 27. Police arrested 55 individuals involved in drug-related activities and confiscated 4,867.39 grams of shabu in relentless anti-drug operations, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Barangay Granada bagged another grand slam after winning in the 45th MassKara Festival street dance and arena competition here on Sunday, Oct. 27. BARANGAY Granada bagged another grand slam after winning the title in this year’s MassKara Festival street dance and arena...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 800 grams of suspected shabu valued at P5.4 million from a vendor in a buy-bust operation in Purok Narra Baybay, Barangay 8 here on Saturday night, Oct. 26. POLICE arrest a 55-year-old vendor and recovered suspected shabu worth P5.4 million in a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc. (NWTF) is expanding to reach more women in the poorest and rural communities in the country. NWTF officials said they plan to open 50 branches in Mindanao and Northern Luzon to complement their 252 branches in the Visayas and...
BACOLOD CITY – Three siblings were arrested and 200 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1.3 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan here on Wednesday, Oct. 23. POLICE arrested three siblings and recovered P1.3-million shabu in a buy-bust operation...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 315 passengers were stranded in three seaports in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 23, after the province was placed under Signal No. 1 due to severe tropical storm Kristine. PASSENGERS are stranded at the Bredco port in Bacolod City after Negros Occidental was...
BACOLOD CITY – An Accounting Information System graduate of Colegio San Agustin Bacolod bested 14 other candidates in the Sapphire edition of this year’s Miss Bacolod MassKara. OLMILLA (Photo courtesy of Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc.) Princess Ella Olmilla was hailed Sapphire Queen during the...
BACOLOD CITY – Two barangays here were flooded due to heavy rainfall from tropical depression “Kristine,” prompting the evacuation of 79 families composed of 277 individuals on Monday, Oct. 21. RESIDENTS are rescued from a flooded area in Bacolod City. (FB) Edward Ramirez, chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-month-old baby boy died after he drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag here on Monday, Oct. 21. A seven-month-old baby boy drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City on Monday, Oct. 21. (Photo courtesy of Police Station...