BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city has unveiled the Bacolod Skate Park, considered the largest covered skate park in the country, in Barangay Vista Alegre. The national government-funded 1,355-square-meter facility was inaugurated Saturday by Mayor Greg Gasataya and Rep. Alfredo Abelardo...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will extend financial assistance to the victims of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that severely impacted northern Cebu province on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Mayor Greg Gasataya, in a media interview, said that he will meet the City Council to discuss the amount of...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said that one classroom each in four public schools here are unsafe to be occupied by students following the 6.9 tremor that severely hit northern Cebu and also impacted Negros Island on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. In a media briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Gasataya...
BACOLOD CITY – The 46th MassKara Festival simultaneously kicked off at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) and Bacolod public plaza on Wednesday, Oct. 1, amid the aftermath of the earthquake in Cebu province. The festival with the theme “One Smile, One Heart, One City” will be held from...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city conducted a rapid damage assessment on Wednesday, Oct. 1, following the 6.9-tremor in Cebu province that was also felt in Negros Island Region (NIR) on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. The team led by Dr. Laarni Pornan, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,495 security forces were deployed on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to ensure peace and order during the 19-day MassKara Festival celebration in this highly-urbanized city starting Oct. 1. Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, and Police Col. Dennis Esguerra,...
BACOLOD CITY – This city has recorded its seventh leptospirosis death this year. The victim was a 32-year-old dishwasher from Barangay Pahanocoy. The City Health Office (CHO) said the victim was hospitalized on Sept. 9 after complaining of a headache. He died the same day due to severe...
BACOLOD CITY – A 43-year-old man was killed and his younger brother was wounded after they were shot by two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Purok Active, Barangay Mandalagan here on Monday, Sept 29. Police withheld the names of the two victims upon the request of the family. Police Capt....
BACOLOD CITY - A 62-year-old caretaker was recently arrested in Barangay Estefania here for the murder of two sugarcane field caretakers. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the suspect, a resident of Barangay Talotog in Murcia, Negros Occidental, was the region’s...
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is stepping up its intelligence gathering and operations against illegal drugs to ensure public safety during the MassKara Festival next month. Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, noted a recent spike in drug prices, suggesting a drop in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) in this highly urbanized city has started disbursing P2.9-million worth of financial assistance to 290 families displaced by a recent fire in Barangay 27 here. A total of 144 families, whose houses were completely destroyed,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will deploy 1,819 policemen to secure the 46th MassKara Festival in October. Bacolod police chief Police Col. Joeresty Coronica said that 900 are augmentation personnel – 600 from Siquijor, Negros Oriental, and Negros Occidental under...
