BACOLOD CITY – Barangay Granada defended their MassKara Street Dance and Arena Competition title here on Sunday, October 22. BARANGAY Granada celebrates after winnig the MassKara Festival Street Dance and Arena Competition in Bacolod City on Sunday, October 22. (Balik Yuhum Foundation) This is...
From Instagram masskarafestival23 When the going gets tough, the tough get going. In the case of the Bacolodnons, especially back in the 1980s, when everything that could go wrong went wrong in Bacolod—a sugar crisis, a famine, a luxury liner, the MV Don Juan , sinking off the coast of Mindoro,...
MASK ON Bacolod City celebrates MassKara Festival every October (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) Bacolodnons enjoyed an unforgettable night of music as the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) serenaded them live in the concert “PPO sa Masskaara on Oct. 18 at SM City Bacolod Atrium in...
BACOLOD CITY – Barangay 19 emerged champion in this year’s Electric MassKara and Elektrika Diva dance competitions on Saturday, October 21. BARANGAY 19 topped this year’s Electric MassKara and Elektrika Diva dance competitions at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday, October 21....
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old tourism student of the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) here was crowned Miss Bacolod MassKara 2023 on Monday, October 16. Yvonne Catamco, a fourth year college student taking up Bachelor of Science (BS) in Tourism Management, bested 14 other candidates in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office stopped the possible distribution of shabu for the MassKara Festival after 3.2 kilos worth P20.5 million were seized from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here in Barangay Singcang-Airport on Tuesday, October 17. POLICE seized...
BACOLOD CITY – Billiards legend Efren “Bata” Reyes edged Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, 2-1, in an exhibition match during the last day of the 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball billiards tournament at The Main Atrium of SM City Bacolod here on Thursday, October 12. Benitez and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has deployed all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to enhance their mobile patrol capabilities during the celebration of this year’s MassKara Festival. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (third from right) turns over three all-terrain vehicles...
BACOLOD CITY – The 44th MassKara Festival kicked off at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Saturday, October 7. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez lead the opening of the 44th MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,949 security forces were deployed to the 44th edition of the MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) headquarters on Thursday, October 5, a day before the official kick-off of the festival on Friday, October 6. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said that 1,000 policemen from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas will be deployed here to augment the security in the MassKara Festival. This is on top of the regular force of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO)...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez wrote a letter to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking guidance on the participation of barangay officials in the MassKara Festival that coincides with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. BENITEZ (center). (FB)...