BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has ordered intensified dredging operations starting Monday, July 14, after a flood swamped this city over the weekend. Gasataya said the activity focusing on northern waterways is in response to the severe flooding that inundated various areas following...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,431 families were displaced by flooding in this highly-urbanized city and Talisay City, Negros Occidental, following hours of heavy rains from Friday night, July 11, to Saturday morning, July 12. Data released by Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Saturday morning said 301...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded a total of 828 cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Negros Occidental as of June 28. According to the PHO, it is 246.44 percent higher compared to the same period in 2024 with only 239 cases. Twenty-seven out of 31 local...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya appealed for public cooperation after 26,105 kilograms of waste composed of household trash and plastic debris were recovered from Mambuloc Creek here during a major dredging operation on Thursday, July 10. Gasataya supervised the operation that underlined the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said that he will maintain the cash reward program initiated by former Mayor now lone district Rep. Albee Benitez aimed at resolving unsolved killings. Gasataya confirmed that the incentive scheme will continue as part of efforts to support local law enforcement...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region-Center for Health Development (DOH-NIR-CHD) inaugurated on Tuesday, July 8, the first DOH wellness clinic in the Visayas in a popular mall here. Dr. Mary Ann Palermo-Maestral, Undersecretary of Health for the UHC Health Services...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has hired at least 1,900 job order (JO) casual employees. Mayor Greg Gasataya said that appointments will be issued in a month, as their names have been endorsed to different government offices. “What is important is their names are already there and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office remains optimistic about meeting the national directive for a five-minute police response amid traffic and limited resources. The BCPO recently conducted a simulation exercise witnessed by Mayor Greg Gasataya and Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya announced on Monday, July 7, that a new local group has been tapped to organize this year’s MassKara Festival in October. The announcement of the group’s identity is expected within the week. Speaking in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to sign the bill that seeks to extend the terms of office for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials into a law. “I don’t know if he will sign it or not. It depends on whether he chooses to approve...
PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation and Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) are pumping up Bacolod’s water supply with the recent activation of the Matab-ang Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Barangay Granada, which is expected to scale output to six million liters per day (MLD) within the year....
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a seven- to eight-month-old newborn baby girl was found near a river in Purok Kaburihan, Barangay Estefania, this city, on Wednesday, July 2. Police said a resident noticed and checked a plastic bag dumped in the area and discovered the infant. Her umbilical cord was...
