BACOLOD CITY – The city government launched the Christmas Festival of Lights on Saturday, December 2, to officially kick off the Yuletide season here. Highlight of the event was the switch-on ceremony by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez of the 55-foot Christmas tree at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – A merchandiser in a shopping mall died and his co-worker was injured after their motorcycle collided with a multi-cab on their way home from a Christmas party in Barangay Punta Taytay here on Monday, December 4. Police identified the fatality as Chelwin Duay of Barangay Bata here....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government kicked off the construction of the four-story legislative building here on Monday, December 4. It aims to finish the construction of the edifice at the back of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) before the midterm elections in 2025. BACOLOD City officials...
BACOLOD CITY – A new Burgos Public Market will rise in this city in two years. City Engineer Loben Raphael Ceballos said that P525 million has been allocated from the city’s loan for the renovation of the 8,000-square meter Burgos Public Market into a two-story structure. The city government...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) and Bacolod Police Station 8 arrested six persons and dismantled a suspected drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kaingin, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, November 30. POLICE arrested six...
A of unit of Greenergy Holdings Inc. has inked a partnership with a Cainta, Rizal-based consortium for a solar panel project aimed at establishing a sustainable residential community in Bacolod City. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday, Dec. 1, Greenergy said its wholly-owned...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and his two companions and seized P489,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3, this city, on Wednesday, November 29. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the suspects as Jimmy Cordova, 31, and his two...
BACOLOD CITY – The second standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building here was unveiled in Barangay Granada recently. Police Brig. Gen. Archival Macala, deputy regional director for administration (DRDA) of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas, city officials led by Vice...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez is pushing this city as a slow food destination in Asia. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said on Tuesday, November 28, that the city government is negotiating with Slow Food International to promote food tourism here. “We don’t want...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Saturday, November 18. POLICE arrest a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Saturday, November 18. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine establishments in Barangay Mansilingan here were ordered closed on Thursday, November 16, for failure to secure business permits. THE City Legal Enforcement Team closes an establishment operating without a business permit in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City on Thursday,...
