BACOLOD CITY -- Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez has assured traditional jeepney operators here that there will be no apprehension against them amid the ongoing meeting of the city government, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Land Transportation Office...
BACOLOD CITY -- The City Health Office (CHO) declared a cholera outbreak in Barangay Mandalagan here Wednesday, Nov. 23. A sanitary inspector informs the residents of Purok Luhod-Luhod, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, about the chlorination after a dug well in the area tested positive for...
BACOLOD CITY -- Government workers here are expected to receive bonuses amounting to a minimum of P47,517 to a maximum of P148,891 before the year ends. After recovering from Covid-19 infection, regular, co-terminus, plantilla casual employees as well as retirees within the calendar year stand to...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved an ordinance declaring chicken inasal as an important cultural property here. CHICKEN inasal is grilled over hot coals during the Chicken Inasal Festival in Bacolod City in 2019. (Glazyl Masculino) Authored by Councilor Em Ang, chairperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said the body of a newborn baby boy was found in a public cemetery here on Friday, Nov. 18. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found inside a public cemetery in Bacolod City on Friday, Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo) Major Ritchie Gohee, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez ordered the contractor and the Department of Public Services (DPS) on Friday, Nov. 18, to fast-track the collection of garbage here delayed by the damaged road leading to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa. A GARBAGE truck...
BACOLOD CITY -- About 51 grams of suspected shabu worth P346,800 were seized from an online seller during a buy-bust operation at her boarding house in Purok Ylac, Barangay 1 here on Wednesday, Nov. 16. An online seller was busted with P346,800 worth of suspected shabu in Barangay 1, Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay tanod or watchman died in another shooting incident here on Sunday, Nov. 13. SCENE-of-the-Crime Operatives respond to a shooting incident at the reclamation area in Barangay 35, Bacolod City on Sunday, Nov. 13. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 1) The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY - A former drug offender was again arrested after police busted him with 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 in Barangay Villamonte here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City Wednesday....
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old barber who was released from prison a few months ago was gunned down by a man on a motorcycle in Barangay Estefania here on Friday, Nov. 11. POLICE respond to a shooting incident in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City in which a barber was killed on Friday, Nov. 11....
BACOLOD CITY – Three local officials were among 10 persons who traveled to Japan with Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez and tested positive for Covid-19. PHOTO shows Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez and 11 barangay chairmen, among others,...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez of Bacolod City have ended their almost week-long word war with reconciliatory words. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (left) of Bacolod City and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. (Facebook) “The development of...
