BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez and Rep. Greg Gasataya swapped posts in the 2025 elections. Benitez, who is in his first term, is running for congressman while Gasataya, in his third and last term, is vying for mayor. THE Asenso Team slate led by congressional candidate Mayor Albee Benitez...
BACOLOD CITY – No individual has filed a Certificate of Candidacy for mayor and vice mayor here as of Monday, October 7. BENITEZ (FB) Commission on Elections-Bacolod head Revo Sorbito said they are expecting an influx of aspirants on the last day of COC on Tuesday, October 8, as one group with a...
BACOLOD CITY – Former world pool champions Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante will return to this city to compete in the 3rd Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara 10-ball Open Billiard Tournament at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center here from October 21 to 25. EFREN...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Bacolod Mayor and Rep. Evelio “Bing” Leonardia is running for congressman of this city’s lone district. LEONARDIA shows his COC for congressman of Bacolod City. (FB) Leonardia was the first candidate to file a Certificate of Candidacy here on Tuesday, October 1. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a man allegedly suffering from a mental illness after he climbed a 20-foot utility post in Barangay Taculing here on Wednesday, September 25. AUTHORITIES rescue a man who climbed a utility pole in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Wednesday, September 25....
BACOLOD CITY – A 30-year-old man was gunned down in Purok Lampirong, Barangay 2, this city, on Sunday morning, September 22. Police identified the victim as Aljune Baticados of Barangay 6 here. A 30-year-old man was shot dead in Barangay 2, Bacolod City on Sunday, September 22. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A Bacolod City Regional Trial Court has dismissed the petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by local transport groups here against two police officers of the Bacolod City Police Office after they were arrested during a transport strike in this city recently. The respondents were...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Thursday, September 19, that Negros Occidental has sustained P104.9 million in damage to agriculture due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by recent weather disturbances. THE town of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested three persons in an entrapment operation for selling fake artificial insemination products in Barangay Tangub here on Tuesday, September 17. POLICE seized P3.3-million worth of tea packs passed off as artificial insemination products in Barangay Tangub,...
BACOLOD CITY -- A manicurist was stabbed to death by a fellow manicurist during an altercation over a customer in a public plaza in Barangay 12 here on Tuesday, September 17. A MANICURIST was stabbed dead at the public plaza in Barangay 12, Bacolod City on Tuesday, September 17. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY -- The body of a 14-year-old boy was found on Tuesday night, September 17, three days after he drowned in Campomanes Bay, Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 14. Ensign James Carbajosa, acting commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-southern...
