BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city officially launched the third Bacolod Film Festival (BFF) on Monday, Aug. 3, with organizers calling on local filmmakers to create original live-action films that highlight this city 's rich cultural heritage. The city government encouraged...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city is intensifying its response to cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) after rescuing 10 victims across several barangays in the past two months. Among the survivors, eight, aged 12 to 17, are now in the custody of the city’s...
BACOLOD CITY – The national government, through the Department of Education (DepEd), will fund the construction of 16 classrooms worth P52.5 million for senior high school students at Progreso Village National High School in this highly urbanized city. In a press conference on Thursday, Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city received 200 handheld metal detectors from private donors for the use of 75 public elementary and high schools to strengthen campus security measures. On Tuesday, Mayor Greg Gasataya turned over the scanning devices to Department of Education (DepEd)...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city was rocked by another bomb threat in a school in Barangay Pahanocoy here on Tuesday, July 21. Mayor Greg Gasataya said they maintain their position of non-tolerance for any act that threatens the safety of the students and educators. Gasataya said the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya met the local school board here on Tuesday, June 30, to discuss measures to strengthen the safety of schools and protecting students following recent school-related violence. Expressing concern over the impact of the incidents on students ' well-being,...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city and the component cities of Bago and Cadiz in Negros Occidental have launched various initiatives to enhance the delivery of services to the elderly. On Monday, Mayor Greg Gasataya here led the formal opening of the P3.3-million Senior Citizen Center...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl seen in a viral video being repeatedly struck with a stick on the head and other parts of her body by her father at the public plaza here was rescued by authorities. Mayor Greg Gasataya saw the video circulating online and ordered the immediate rescue of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has reminded people to dispose of their garbage properly following a viral video showing four men dumping construction materials in the reclamation area here. The video, widely circulated on social media and shared by Gasataya recently, prompted immediate action...
BACOLOD CITY – This city has extended assistance to 71 families or 179 residents displaced by a fire in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7 here on Tuesday, May 12. The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) provided water...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city reverted to the five-day work week starting Monday. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced the development, saying that economic conditions have improved with the stabilization of fuel prices and transportation costs. Under Executive Order (EO)...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said over 100,000 public school students in this highly-urbanized city will receive free school supplies, PE uniforms, and school bags from the city government before the June 8 class opening. During a media briefing on Monday, May 4, Gasataya said the...
