BACOLOD CITY – Dengue cases in this city are down 53.1 percent. The City Health Office (CHO) said a total of 335 cases were reported from January 1 to August 26, compared to the same period last year with 715. Age of affected this year ranged from three months to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old security guard was shot dead by two persons on a motorcycle in Sitio Bagacay, Barangay Daan Banua, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 6. Police identified the victim as Solomon Nombre of Barangay Daan Banua. Police Lt. Col. John Joel...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will provide at least 150 sacks of well-milled rice to 3,000 rice retailers in three major public markets here amid the nationwide price ceiling on the staple. City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. said on Wednesday, September 6, that 50 sacks of rice will be...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will provide rice assistance amounting to P40 million to all residents here affected by typhoon “Goring” and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” last week. MAYOR Albee Benitez announces rice assistance for residents affected by 'Goring' and the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police destroyed at least 250 motorcycle open pipe mufflers in Barangay Granada here on Tuesday, September 5, due to the disturbance it caused to some residents especially during night time. Police Major Joery Puerto, head of Police Station 5, said that these mufflers were...
BACOLOD CITY – Property giant Megaworld is set to introduce another new tourist destination in this city by 2024. Megaworld has started the development of the Northill Parade set to rise within the 53-hectare Northill Gateway township on the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road. COUNCILOR Jason...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a woman and her cousin-in-law in a buy-bust operation in Purok Star Apple 2, Barangay 27 here on Friday, September 1. Suspects were identified as Reyn Valles, 21, of Barangay Granada here, and her cousin-in law Kurt Zamora, 20, of Barangay 27. Police Major Joery...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Progreso Village II, Barangay Vista Alegre here on Friday, September 1. Police identified the suspect as Justin Gayoso, 27, of Barangay Vista Alegre, a high-value individual and a regional priority...
BACOLOD CITY – This city is under a state of calamity due to flood caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by typhoon “Goring.” MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez meets concerned agencies at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Wednesday, August 30, to...
BACOLOD CITY – The University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) here conferred an honorary degree on prominent businesswoman Olivia Villaflores Yanson for her philantrophic work and valuable contributions in the community. OLIVIA Villaflores Yanson, accompanied by her son Leo Rey (third from...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-one out of the 61 barangays in this city were flooded since Sunday night, August 27 due to the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” and typhoon “Goring.” Affected barangays were 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 21, 29, 30, 35, 36, 39, 40, Alijis, Banago, Bata, Cabug,...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 850 candidates filed Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) amid bad weather in the first day of filing in a popular shopping mall here on Monday, August 28. MORE than 800...
