BACOLOD CITY - This highly-urbanized city has opted for a simple celebration of this year’s Rum Festival on Saturday, August 15, while the sugar industry is battling Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) infestation. Mayor Greg Gasataya said the city government decided to scale down the...
BACOLOD CITY - A 16-year-old Grade 11 student who reportedly punched and injured a policeman with a brass knuckle, surrendered to the authorities hours after the incident happened outside a public high school in Barangay Granada here on Friday, August 14. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY - The Land Transportation Office–Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) arrested two alleged fixers during an entrapment operation targeting a shop reportedly involved in producing fake driver’s licenses and other government documents in downtown here on Friday, August 14. LTO-NIR Director...
BACOLOD CITY - A 40-year-old policeman was injured after he was allegedly punched with a brass knuckle by a high school student whom he had reprimanded for skateboarding along a road outside a public school in Barangay Granada here on Friday, August 14. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY - A total of 125 sacks of counterfeit seasoning worth P1.2 million that were abandoned in a courier firm were surrendered to authorities in Barangay 26 here on Friday, August 14. Police Major Christopher Dulagan, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod,...
BACOLOD CITY - First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos led the distribution of the second tranche of rice aid to thousands of senior citizens in this highly-urbanized city on Friday, August 14. The first lady was joined by city officials led by Mayor Greg Gasataya, Bacolod Rep. and House Deputy Speaker...
BACOLOD CITY - The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental is expanding the learning facilities at Sagay National High School (SNHS) through a P90-million three-story building that will feature 18 classrooms. Second District Rep. Alfredo Marañon III led the groundbreaking ceremony for the...
BACOLOD CITY - The City Veterinary Office (CVO) confirmed that Barangay Alangilan has recently reported one African Swine Fever (ASF) case, bringing the total to five ASF-hit villages out of 61 total barangays here. Another confirmed ASF case was also logged in Barangay Alijis, which was the first,...
BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo), arrested two of the four suspects linked in the killing of Kagawad Joe of Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental. Authorities first arrested 42-year-old Jo, a construction worker, in Barangay Zone 2, Murcia on Monday,...
BACOLOD CITY - Nearly 2,000 faithful and approximately 325 priests from the Dioceses of Bacolod, Kabankalan, and San Carlos in Negros Occidental, and as far as Manila, Cebu, and Legazpi welcomed Most Rev. Louie Galbines as he was formally installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Bacolod in...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) has began the payout of cash assistance under the Unified Package for Livelihood, Industry, Food, and Transport Assistance (UPLIFT) program to 3,000 beneficiaries in this highly-urbanized city on Monday,...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod is set to welcome Most Rev. Louie Galbines as its seventh bishop, succeeding Bishop Patricio Buzon, who is retiring at the age of 75. During a press briefing, Rev. Fr. Lou-An Torrefranca said Galbines was born in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, but was...
