BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl seen in a viral video being repeatedly struck with a stick on the head and other parts of her body by her father at the public plaza here was rescued by authorities. Mayor Greg Gasataya saw the video circulating online and ordered the immediate rescue of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Preparations are underway for the 47th MassKara Festival here from Oct. 1 to 18, the city government announced on Wednesday. Mayor Greg Gasataya has met organizers from the Bacolod Gugma Foundation Inc. (BGFI) to discuss plans and preparations and will meet the City Council to...
The Bacolod City Police Office is probing the source believed to be from Luzon of the P28.5-million worth of suspected shabu seized from a 35-year-old store owner in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 31 here shortly before midnight on Tuesday, May 19. Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) assured that a thorough and impartial investigation is being conducted on the death of a 56-year-old police commissioned officer in his house in Barangay Handumanan here on Tuesday morning, May 19. Police Capt. Genus David,...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city has extended P17.3 million in financial assistance to support the 286 delegates representing this city in this year 's Palarong Pambansa in Agusan del Sur from May 24 to 31. The send-off ceremony for the student-athletes, coaches, trainers, and...
BACOLOD CITY – The beauty of every start is the possibility of a better ending. And Central Visayas proved just that as it edged Western Visayas for the overall crown at the conclusion of the 2026 National PRISAA Games on Friday, May 15, at the STI West Negros Gymnasium. Central Visayas collected...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 2,111 Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) drivers in this highly urbanized city received cash relief assistance (CRA) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) starting Thursday. The three-day payout is being held at SM City Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has reminded people to dispose of their garbage properly following a viral video showing four men dumping construction materials in the reclamation area here. The video, widely circulated on social media and shared by Gasataya recently, prompted immediate action...
BACOLOD CITY – This city has extended assistance to 71 families or 179 residents displaced by a fire in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7 here on Tuesday, May 12. The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) provided water...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-six houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7, this city, on Tuesday, May 12. City Fire Marshal Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip said the fire started at around 11:20 a.m. in the bedroom of a two-story house intended as a boarding house. She said the house was...
BACOLOD CITY – Western Visayas pair Andrei Villanueva and Ma. Victoria Cruz took the spotlight by completing a six-gold haul in the dancesport youth category to become the most bemedalled athletes so far in the National PRISAA Games Tuesday, May 12. Villanueva and Cruz put on a show with their...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city reverted to the five-day work week starting Monday. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced the development, saying that economic conditions have improved with the stabilization of fuel prices and transportation costs. Under Executive Order (EO)...
