BACOLOD CITY – The city government will provide rice assistance amounting to P40 million to all residents here affected by typhoon “Goring” and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” last week. MAYOR Albee Benitez announces rice assistance for residents affected by 'Goring' and the...
DOT Secretary Christina Frasco with Philtoa President Fe Abling-Yu The Philippine Tour Operators Association (Philtoa) recently hosted its 4th General Membership Meeting at the Crimson Hotel Filinvest City in Muntinlupa, with the Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco as keynote...
Rockwell Land topped off its residential buildings at 8 Benitez Suites, the developer’s high-end, low-density community located near New Manila in Quezon City. Present during the ceremony held last July 28, 2023 were Rockwell Land president and COO Valerie Soliven and EVP Davy Tan, along...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez revealed on Tuesday, August 1, that 46 city government personnel tested positive for illegal drug use. BENITEZ Benitez said they comprise eight to 10 percent of job order city government employees. Twenty-nine were from the Bacolod Traffic...
BACOLOD CITY – Tchoukball athletes from this city will represent the country in the Southeast Asia Tchoukball Championship 2023 in Singapore from July 17 to 18. The Bacolod-based Tchoukball Philippine Team met Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez before they flew to Singapore. The team initially...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is once again vying for the Best City Police Office citation in the country. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, along with Abang-Lingkod party-list Rep. Stephen Paduano, graced the validation and evaluation of the BCPO at its...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The city government is optimistic about attracting more investors and boosting local tourism amid record-high local revenues and tourist arrivals since the start of the year. In his State-of-the-City Address on Wednesday night, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said reforms and...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is awaiting the response of Mayor Jerry Treñas regarding his appeal to lift the executive order declaring Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran person non-grata over the uncoordinated transfer of Badjaos from this city to Iloilo City...
CEBU CITY – Construction of bridges that will connect key provinces in the Visayas was discussed in the recent reorganizational meeting of the National Economic and Development Authority Board-Regional Development Committee Visayas Area Committee (NB-RDCom VAC). BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has obtained a P4.4-billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to fund priority projects. THE city government of Bacolod has obtained a P4.441-billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines to fund priority project. The loan...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has a new director in Police Col. Noel Aliño who assumed the position in an acting capacity on Tuesday, April 18. Aliño, who is a native of Isabela, replaced Police Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, a native of Bacolod, who will retire from the...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. believes that the government--specifically the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is doomed to fail in its campaign against e-sabong (electronic cockfighting) in...
