BACOLOD CITY – MassKara Festival dancers here have received invitations to perform abroad next year. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, December 11, that three countries would like to see them perform. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that MassKara dancers from...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) and the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) have strengthened their coordination with the Muslim community to combat terrorism and other forms of crimes and violence here. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, and Brig. Gen. Orlando...
BACOLOD CITY – The old Bacolod City Hall building on Luzuriaga St. in the downtown area here is set for a P223-million renovation next year. A four-story building will rise as part of the city government’s plan to totally renovate the edifice, City Engineer Loben Raphael Ceballos said....
BACOLOD CITY – Popular reggae singer Kokoi Baldo died after he crashed and ran over by a 10-wheel truck loaded with sugarcane on the Circumferential Road in Purok Tultugan, Barangay Mandalagan, this city, before dawn on Friday, December 8. BALDO (FB) Police Major Armilyn Vargas, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas destroyed 5,705.393 grams of illegal drugs worth P30,135,783 and drug paraphernalia at the Acropolis Gardens in Barangay Bata here on Wednesday, December 6. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government launched the Christmas Festival of Lights on Saturday, December 2, to officially kick off the Yuletide season here. Highlight of the event was the switch-on ceremony by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez of the 55-foot Christmas tree at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – A merchandiser in a shopping mall died and his co-worker was injured after their motorcycle collided with a multi-cab on their way home from a Christmas party in Barangay Punta Taytay here on Monday, December 4. Police identified the fatality as Chelwin Duay of Barangay Bata here....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government kicked off the construction of the four-story legislative building here on Monday, December 4. It aims to finish the construction of the edifice at the back of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) before the midterm elections in 2025. BACOLOD City officials...
BACOLOD CITY – A new Burgos Public Market will rise in this city in two years. City Engineer Loben Raphael Ceballos said that P525 million has been allocated from the city’s loan for the renovation of the 8,000-square meter Burgos Public Market into a two-story structure. The city government...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) and Bacolod Police Station 8 arrested six persons and dismantled a suspected drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kaingin, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, November 30. POLICE arrested six...
A of unit of Greenergy Holdings Inc. has inked a partnership with a Cainta, Rizal-based consortium for a solar panel project aimed at establishing a sustainable residential community in Bacolod City. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday, Dec. 1, Greenergy said its wholly-owned...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and his two companions and seized P489,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3, this city, on Wednesday, November 29. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the suspects as Jimmy Cordova, 31, and his two...
