BACOLOD CITY – The city government started the construction of the P1-billion Recovery and Recycling Complex and Ecopark in Barangay Felisa here on Wednesday, March 12. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez lead the groundbreaking of the Recovery and Recycling Complex and Ecopark...
BACOLOD CITY – Around 2,500 supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte gathered in front of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) here on Wednesday night, March 12, to show their solidarity to the former Chief Executive who was arrested for alleged crimes against humanity. SUPPORTERS...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here said that the International Criminal Court arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte will enable the former Chief Executive to prove his innocence over the deadly war on drugs. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said Duterte has been provided with due...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said a woman’s 53-year-old live-in partner died on Saturday, March 8, a day after they were found with bullets inside their pickup truck in Bangga Tomaro, Barangay Sum-ag here on Friday night, March 7. READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old woman was shot dead and her live-in partner, a former barangay captain, was wounded in their vehicle in Bangga Tomaro, Barangay Sum-ag here on Friday night, March 7. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police Station 9, identified the fatality as Carmilitia, a resident...
BACOLOD CITY – A 59-year-old businessman was allegedly shot dead by his younger brother on Friday morning, March 7, in Barangay Bubog, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. A BUSINESSMAN was allegedly gunned down by his brother in Barangay Bubog, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 7....
BACOLOD CITY - A 15-minute tornado hit Murcia, Negros Occidental and parts of this city on Thursday, March 6. A TORNADO hits Murcia, Negros Occidental and parts of Bacolod City on Thursday, March 6. (Photo courtesy of Negros Power) A power outage was reported by the Negros Electric and Power...
BACOLOD CITY – This city and three other local government units in Negros Occidental suspended face-to-face classes on Thursday, March 6, and Friday, March 7, due to extreme heat. Mayor Albee Benitez issued an executive order late Thursday morning cancelling in-person classes from pre-school...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office has recorded the first suspected dengue fatality here this year, a 64-year-old man from Barangay Alijis. PHOTO via Africa CDC Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO-Environmental Sanitation Division, said the patient had undocumented fever for four days and...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old man plunged to his death into a canal while driving a bicycle in Purok Hermilinda, Barangay Mansilingan here on Tuesday, March 4. A 38-year-old man plunged to his death into a canal while riding a bicycle in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City on Tuesday, March 4....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has signed an agreement with private company High Data Infra Inc. to create and develop a P2.1-billion super city here. MAYOR Albee Benitez and High Data Infra Inc. representative Danny Fernandez (fourth from left) sign a Build-Transfer-Maintain Agreement...
BACOLOD CITY – A multi-million state-of-the-art medical building was inaugurated at the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos here on Tuesday, March 4. DR. Olivia Villaflores Yanson (center), accompanied by son Leo Rey (second from right) and daughter Ginnette Yanson-Dumancas (left) and Rev....