BACOLOD CITY – The city government has launched the "Bayad Agad" program to expedite the release of financial assistance to individuals in crisis here. THE Bacolod City government launched the ‘Bayad Agad’ program on Monday, April 22, to expedite the release of financial assistance to...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental reported total sales of P19,250,439.50 from the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival here from April 15 to 21. Local government unit (LGU) pavilions earned P11,808,939.80, followed by San Miguel/Garden Show with P4,461,985.20, Food Alley...
BACOLOD CITY – The office of Councilor Al Victor Espino here has launched a “Libre Kapon” program in a bid to control the population of stray dogs and cats in this city. AT least 100 stray dogs and cats were spayed and neutered through the ‘Libre Kapon’ program of Councilor Al Victor...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized suspected shabu valued at P904,400 in buy-bust operations here over the weekend. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and P884,000 worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City on Sunday, April...
BACOLOD CITY – A third-year veterinary medicine student was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros in this year’s 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival. Kyla Rose Romarate, from Victorias City, Negros Occidental, bested 28 other candidates during the coronation night at the Panaad Park and Stadium here on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – PrimeWater Infrastructure Inc. has unveiled two projects to bolster the water supply of households in the northern part of this city by a total of four million liters per day (MLD). The groundbreaking of the Forbes Hill Water Source Interconnection and the Highland Hills projects...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman was gunned down in Barangay Estefania here early Thursday morning, April 18. The victim was identified as Elson Cepeda, a bar owner and resident of Barangay Estefania. A BUSINESSMAN was gunned down in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City on Thursday, April 18. (Photo...
By Jinggoy Salvador First, let’s look back at the sugar trail. After Nicholas Loney successfully boosted the sugar trade in Iloilo, he turned his eyes to the neighboring island Negros to expand sugarcane source. He then offered the Negrense farmers the same generous conditions he extended to the...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) has reported three new cases of pertussis or whooping cough here, bringing the total positive cases to six. Dr. Maria Carmela Gensoli, city health officer, said the patients are all males, aged one-year-old, one-month-old, and two-months-old. The...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) will deploy a total of 1,102 security forces to ensure peace and order in this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival from April 15 to 21. SECURITY forces for the Panaad sa Negros Festival starting on April 15 are deployed during...
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-seven families composed of 144 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Interior, Barangay 18, this city, on Saturday, April 13. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau of Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in buy-bust operations here and Negros Occidental on April 11 and 12. Seized from the suspects were P945,200 worth of suspected shabu. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and P850,000 shabu was confiscated in a buy-bust operation in...
