BACOLOD City -- Former Negros Occidental Congressman Alfredo “Albee” Benitez has been elected as the new mayor here, defeating re-electionist Mayor Evelio Leonardia. The Commission on Elections proclaimed the newly-elected officials of the city government of Bacolod led by Mayor-elect Alfredo...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has increased its Manila to Bacolod City flights to five times per day to cater to the domestic travel demand surge after provincial border restrictions eased, the flag carrier announced Friday, May 6. This May, PAL started offering an additional roundtrip daily flight...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested four illegal drugs traders, and seized an estimated P3,060,000 worth of suspected ‘shabu’ in separate buy-bust operations here over the weekend. On Saturday, Elmar Gallego, 33, and Edmar Infante, 26, both residents of Silay City, Negros Occidental, and Baby Girl...
BACOLOD CITY - A food delivery rider and his father and uncle were arrested by police after they allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust at Purok Katilingban, Barangay Banago here on Thursday. Police seized 500 grams of suspected shabu worth P3.4 million from three...
The completion of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway (BANOCEH) is part of UniTeam Senate slate member Mark Villar’s list of electoral promises. Senatorial candidate Mark Villar (MANILA BULLETIN) “BANOCEH is under the ‘Build, Build, Build’ program of the Duterte administration....
BACOLOD CITY - "This coming October, we will give you the best MassKara (Festival) ever.” Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia made the promise during the launching of the MSME Support Program at the Bacolod City Government Center over the weekend. Bacolod City celebrates MassKara Festival every...
BACOLOD CITY – Some government offices and classes have been suspended here and in Negros Occidental on Monday, April 11, due to ill-effects of tropical depression ‘Agaton’ which battered central Philippines. Personnel of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) in...
BACOLOD CITY -- A teacher and her live-in partner were arrested in a buy-bust operation at their apartment in Purok Candelaria, Barangay Sum-ag here on Thursday, which resulted in the discovery and confiscation of 73 grams of suspected shabu worth P530,400. A teacher and her live-in partner were...
BACOLOD CITY - A member and organizer of Kadamay Negros was reported missing on Wednesday. Progressive groups led by Kadamay Negros hold a protest in front of the Old City Hall in Bacolod City on Thursday to call for the appearance of Iver Larit, an urban poor organizer, who was reported missing...
BACOLOD CITY - A total of P6,492,657.615 worth of shabu and marijuana were destroyed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas at the Acropolis Garden in Barangay Bata here on Friday. PDEA-Western Visayas acting regional director Alex Tablate (right) leads the thermal...
BACOLOD CITY - A call center agent was shot dead in front of an elementary school in Barangay 31 here on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Paul Angelo Diesto, 38, of Barangay 30 here. Maj. Leo Estopa, head of Police Station 6, said the victim parked his sedan in the area to probably meet...
BACOLOD CITY - Three persons were killed in separate road accidents here and in Negros Occidental on Wednesday. A police officer checks the scene in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, where a motorcycle died after hitting a truck parked at the roadside Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Police Station...
