BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here has extended the moratorium on unregistered electric bikes (e-bikes) and e-trikes for 30 days. BENITEZ (right) Benitez issued a memorandum order addressed to the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) on May 24 for the extension of the moratorium on the...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Commission for Culture and the Arts has issued a Certificate of Compliance for the registration of the chicken inasal as a cultural property of this city. CHICKEN inasal cooking on a grill. (Bacolod PIO) The NCCA’s recognition of chicken inasal as cultural property...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 60 members of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in Negros Occidental have resigned from the political party chaired by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. BENITEZ speaks to members of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan in...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has recognized the chicken inasal as a cultural property of this city. BACOLOD City held its three-day Chicken Inasal Festival slated from May 24 to 26. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod PIO) City Tourism Officer Maria Teresa...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taculing here on Saturday, May 25. A COUPLE was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Saturday, May 25. (Photo courtesy of CDEU) Recovered from the suspects – a 41-year-old man...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office will deploy a total of 236 policemen to ensure the safety of athletes, guests, and sports officials in two big sports events here slated from May 25 to June 1. THE Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) and the Armed Forces of the...
BACOLOD CITY - This city started apprehending illegal e-bikes on Friday, May 24. This was announced by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez after he recently convened barangay chairmen and urged them to abide by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular (MC)...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by former Mayor Evelio Leonardia on the dismissal of his election protest against Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez in relation to the May 2022 national and local elections....
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 450 policemen were deployed to secure the Bacolod Chicken Festival here from May 24 to 26. THE Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) holds briefing on Thursday, May 23, for the deployment of policemen to secure the Bacolod Chicken Festival from May 24 to 26. (Photo courtesy...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) logged a 50 percent increase in animal bite cases here. Dr. Carlo Ortega of the CHO said that 9,000 patients were recorded in 2022 and went up by 5,000 to 14,000 in 2023. Ortega said that 1,400 cases were listed monthly from January to March this year...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to relocate the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Male Dormitory in Barangay Singcang-Airport to a new site in Barangay Granada. Mayor Albee Benitez, accompanied by Barangay-Singcang Airport Captain Caesar Distrito, recently inspected the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is asking the Department of Energy (DOE) for a price cap amid the increasing power rates. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) "I have just asked DOE Undersecretary (Sharon) Garin if we can trigger the provision of the Energy Regulatory...
