BACOLOD CITY – A fleet of electric jeepneys was launched here on Tuesday, October 8. ELECTRIC jeepneys are expected to augment public transportation in Bacolod City during the MassKara Festival this month. (Bacolod PIO) The Cebu People’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative in partnership with E-Future...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old mall employee was shot dead in Barangay 6, this city, on Thursday night, October 10. A 28-year-old mall employee was shot dead in Barangay 6, Bacolod City on Thursday, October 10. (Contributed photo) Police Major Eugene Tolentino, head of Police Station 2, said...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office said 1,859 security personnel have been deployed to secure the MassKara Festival here from October 11 to 27. THE Bacolod City Police Office deploys on October 11 an initial contingent of security forces for this year’s MassKara Festival. (Glazyl...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez and Rep. Greg Gasataya swapped posts in the 2025 elections. Benitez, who is in his first term, is running for congressman while Gasataya, in his third and last term, is vying for mayor. THE Asenso Team slate led by congressional candidate Mayor Albee Benitez...
BACOLOD CITY – No individual has filed a Certificate of Candidacy for mayor and vice mayor here as of Monday, October 7. BENITEZ (FB) Commission on Elections-Bacolod head Revo Sorbito said they are expecting an influx of aspirants on the last day of COC on Tuesday, October 8, as one group with a...
BACOLOD CITY – Former world pool champions Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante will return to this city to compete in the 3rd Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara 10-ball Open Billiard Tournament at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center here from October 21 to 25. EFREN...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Bacolod Mayor and Rep. Evelio “Bing” Leonardia is running for congressman of this city’s lone district. LEONARDIA shows his COC for congressman of Bacolod City. (FB) Leonardia was the first candidate to file a Certificate of Candidacy here on Tuesday, October 1. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a man allegedly suffering from a mental illness after he climbed a 20-foot utility post in Barangay Taculing here on Wednesday, September 25. AUTHORITIES rescue a man who climbed a utility pole in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Wednesday, September 25....
BACOLOD CITY – A 30-year-old man was gunned down in Purok Lampirong, Barangay 2, this city, on Sunday morning, September 22. Police identified the victim as Aljune Baticados of Barangay 6 here. A 30-year-old man was shot dead in Barangay 2, Bacolod City on Sunday, September 22. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A Bacolod City Regional Trial Court has dismissed the petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by local transport groups here against two police officers of the Bacolod City Police Office after they were arrested during a transport strike in this city recently. The respondents were...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Thursday, September 19, that Negros Occidental has sustained P104.9 million in damage to agriculture due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by recent weather disturbances. THE town of...
