BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is investigating an allegation of spoiled food served during Employees ' Day on Friday, Dec. 19, following concerns aired by numerous employees, including department and office heads. Mayor Greg Gasataya has directed all department and office heads...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty families or 50 individuals lost their homes in a fire in coastal Purok Tahong, Barangay 2 here on Friday morning, Dec. 19. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod reported that the fire began at 2:12 a.m. and originated from a rental property. The fire that destroyed 26...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl were injured in a fire that damaged four houses in Purok Magsungay, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, Dec. 18. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said that the man sustained an abrasion on the left foot and the child...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office in Barangay Estefania in this highly-urbanized city formally unveiled its newly-renovated administrative building and grandstand on Wednesday, Dec. 17, five decades since the original facility was inaugurated in 1975. The inauguration...
BACOLOD CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., together with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, inspected this highly-urbanized city’s ‘’Oplan: Kontra Baha’’ project on Friday, Dec. 12. The President visited Mambuloc Creek in Barangay 2 to observe...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has filed administrative complaints against an assistant department head and 32 workers of the General Services Office (GSO) involved in the alleged mass falsification of documents in their application for Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) loans. In an...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes and seven houses were destroyed in a fire in Barangay 9 here on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, said the blaze totally destroyed five and partially damaged two houses. Forty-one individuals were affected. The...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is targeting to craft a flood mitigation masterplan to comprehensively address flooding here. This will be discussed during the Flood Mitigation Summit initiated by Bacolod Rep. Albee Benitez on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Sugarland Hotel here. “The...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is investigating the purchase of 39 African Swine Fever (ASF) test kits worth P2.457 million that allegedly expired on Nov. 30, two years after it was bought by the city government on Nov. 8, 2023. Mayor Greg Gasataya, in a letter dated Dec. 2, ordered...
BACOLOD CITY – A bottling company is embracing renewable energy and strengthening sustainability efforts by installing solar power plants that would generate 8.34 megawatts (MW) of electricity in all 11 industrial plants nationwide. Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) president Phyo Phyu...
BACOLOD CITY – A fake police officer was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Saturday, Nov. 29. The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) identified the suspect as John, 38, from Koronadal City who posed as “Police Major Calsado” to extort money. Police Lt....
BACOLOD CITY – The inaugural Terra Madre Asia and Pacific (TMAP) 2025, hosted by the Philippines in this highly urbanized city, generated P46.5 million in total sales, attracting 75,000 visitors and 2,500 delegates from 25 countries. TMAP 2025 organizers announced on Thursday, Nov. 27, that the...
