BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez is pushing this city as a slow food destination in Asia. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said on Tuesday, November 28, that the city government is negotiating with Slow Food International to promote food tourism here. “We don’t want...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Saturday, November 18. POLICE arrest a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Saturday, November 18. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine establishments in Barangay Mansilingan here were ordered closed on Thursday, November 16, for failure to secure business permits. THE City Legal Enforcement Team closes an establishment operating without a business permit in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City on Thursday,...
BACOLOD CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will lead the turnover of the socialized housing project dubbed Yuhum Residences here on December 20. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez accompanies Secretary Jose Acuzar of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHSUD) during a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental dismantled a suspected drug den and arrested five individuals in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Friday, November 10. PDEA seizes 12 grams of suspected shabu worth P81,600 in a buy-bust...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is set to turn over next month a total of 288 housing units for informal settler families and low income earners in Bacolod City. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said the housing units housing units at the Yuhum Residences in...
BACOLOD CITY – A robbery suspect and his companion were gunned down by a man on a motorcycle on Araneta St. in Barangay 15 here on Friday, November 10. POLICE cordon the area where a man and his companion were killed in Bacolod City on Friday, November 10. (Police Station 1) Police identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government here has strengthened ties with its sister city, South Korea’s Andong City, in a cultural exchange it hosted this week, highlighted by a MassKara Festival performance. ANDONG City, South Korea officials with their counterparts from Bacolod City pose during a...
BACOLOD CITY – A barber was shot dead by an 18-year-old construction worker over an unpaid debt in Barangay 27 here on Wednesday night, November 8. POLICE respond to a shooting incident in which a barber was killed over unpaid debt in Barangay 27, Bacolod City on Wednesday, November 8. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A seaman was killed in motorcycle crash on Circumferential Road, Bangga Villamar, Barangay Mandalagan, this city, on Saturday, October 7. A SEAMAN died in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Saturday, October 7. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo)...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a notorious robber in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabug here on Friday, October 6. POLICE nabbed a notorious robbery suspect in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City on Friday, October 6. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City police) The suspect...