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BACOLOD CITY — Mayor Greg Gasataya has demanded that the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza) order its contractor to immediately fix major defects hounding the P300-million rehabilitation of the Bacolod Public Plaza and the Bacolod City Government Center fountain. In a…
BACOLOD CITY — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) deployed 3,258 police personnel and force multipliers for the 47th MassKara Festival that opened on Thursday, Oct. 1. The police personnel have been stationed across festival sites, reinforced by additional units from the Police Regional…
BACOLOD CITY — A member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) was killed, and two soldiers were injured in an hourlong firefight with suspected communist rebels in Barangay Malasibog, Escalante City, on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Capt. Paul Lagarde, civil military officer of the Philippine…
A member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) was killed in a clash in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, the Philippine Army said on Wednesday.
A government armed auxiliary member was killed, and two soldiers were wounded after an armed group attacked military personnel in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday afternoon, the Army ...
BACOLOD CITY — Police seized an estimated P10.2 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes and arrested one of the suspects in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, early Sunday. The early morning operation at Sitio Batang, Barangay Talaban, was led by the Police Regional Office-Negros Island…
BACOLOD CITY — The provincial government of Negros Occidental has broadened health care access through a unified, province-wide Universal Health Care (UHC) system which was presented by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the First Unilab Foundation Executive Symposium on Sept. 28 at JY Hall, Bayanihan…
BACOLOD CITY — The Bacolod Alliance for Commuters, Operators and Drivers–Manibela (Bacod Manibela) announced on Monday it will not implement the newly approved fare increase, even as the Kolektibo Nagkakaisang Tsuper at Operator (Knetco) and the United Negros Drivers and Operators–Pagkakaisa ng mga…
The Negros Occidental provincial government here has set aside PHP150 million to implement free hospital care for indigents in all its nine owned and managed hospitals.A report of the Hospital ...
BACOLOD CITY — A knife-carrying man climbed atop the second level of "retablo" inside San Sebastian Cathedral here and attempted to remove the arrow from the Statue of Saint Sebastian, disrupting church activities for six hours on Saturday, Sept. 26. The suspect, identified as "Melvin," was…
BACOLOD CITY — This city is set to get livelier and busier in the final quarter of this year as it plays host to two big events, on top of its annual MassKara Festival. Mayor Greg Gasataya made the announcement during the 40th Negros Trade Fair coinciding with the Bacolod Day at SM Aura on…
This highly urbanized city will host the Terra Madre Asia & Pacific (TMAP) 2027, marking the return of the sustainable gastronomy event to the Philippines after the maiden edition in 2025. The ...
BACOLOD CITY — Transport groups here and in Negros Occidental are set to join a three-day nationwide transport strike later this month to protest soaring fuel prices and what they call oppressive taxation on petroleum products. Kabacod Negros Transport Organization (KNETCO) president Lilian…
BACOLOD CITY — Law enforcers in Negros Occidental seized P8.93 million in illegal cigarettes and arrested four men in separate operations on Friday. In Isabela town, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Negros Occidental Field Unit, led by Maj. Christopher Dulagan, intercepted a…
BACOLOD CITY — Police have clarified that a social media post mentioning “Saravia National High School” and an alleged firearm incident refers to a school in Koronadal City, South Cotabato — not the municipality of Enrique B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, which was formerly called Saravia. The…
BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will disburse a total of P1.9 billion in Emergency Cash Transfers (ECT) before the end of 2026, reaching approximately 190,000 small sugarcane farmers and workers across Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and other affected…
