By Jean Cabrera Thousands of Bacolodnons, tourists, and food enthusiasts gathered for the Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, a three-day celebration honoring the city 's iconic grilled chicken dish and the culinary tradition that helped put Bacolod on the gastronomic map. Led by the City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has beefed up security operations as this highly urbanized city hosts the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) Qualifiers 2026 at STI-West Negros University Gym from June 2 to 6. Starting Monday, 369 police...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman voluntarily surrendered 150 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1 million in Barangay 1 here last week. A report from the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) released on Monday, June 1, said that the contraband was kept by her live-in partner who was...
Phinma Properties expects to generate ₱26 billion in revenues from Maayo Terraces, its 11-tower medium-rise residential condominium project at Saludad Township in Bacolod City. In partnership with JEPP Real Estate Co., Phinma Properties broke ground on Dahlia Tower, the first tower of Maayo...
BACOLOD CITY – Barangays 12 and Granada were hailed champions in the street and arena dance competition during this year’s Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival (BCIF) at the Megaworld Upper East here on Saturday, May 30. Barangay 12, representing Malaysia, won in the festival street dance...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two men for allegedly robbing a female doctor in Barangay 19 here Thursday. The first suspect, Rem, 37, of Barangay 40, this city, was apprehended at 9 p.m. in the barangay hall on Saturday, May 30, through a coordinated operation led by Police Station 1 together...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya and the Bacolod City Police Office have offered a P200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects who robbed a 30-year-old doctor in Barangay 19 here. Mayor Greg Gasataya and Police Col. Eugene Rebadomia, Bacolod police director, conducted...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office rendered final honors to Police Lt. Col. Romeo Vargas during his internment in a memorial park in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 30. A mass was held at Our Lady of Peace Parish in La Carlota City officiated by Police Capt....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) urged residents of this highly urbanized city to report crimes directly to the 911 emergency hotline for fast response, instead of posting these incidents first on social media. Capt. Dax Santillan, BCPO public information officer, said on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) paid tribute to the late Police Lt. Col. Romeo Vargas who was found dead in his residence in Barangay Handumanan here on May 19. Police Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, PRO-NIR director, visited the wake of Vargas at the Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Operatives of the Bacolod City Police seized 2.1 kilos of suspected shabu, valued at P14.28 million, from two individuals during a buy-bust operation in Purok Camonsil, Barangay 3 on Saturday morning, the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported. The...
BACOLOD CITY – A radio broadcaster here is facing backlash from netizens and members of the media for rape-related remarks during a live radio program on Wednesday, May 20. Radio anchor Jean Paul Generoso was speaking with a female field reporter who was covering a child abuse case. As the...
