Metro Bacolod Archives

Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez ordered the recall of old identification cards issued to persons with disability in Bacolod City. MAE SINGUAY/PN

No deadline extension for replacement of PWD IDs in Bacolod

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Thursday, April 11, 2024

BACOLOD City – The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) in this city will no longer accept replacements of the old versions of identification...

Applicants for election registration are queuing outside of the Commission on Elections office in Bacolod City. MAE SINGUAY/PN

Comelec-Bacolod postpones satellite registration

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Friday, April 5, 2024

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has postponed the scheduled satellite registration today, April 5, at the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos...

Encourage wearing of masks, DepEd-Bacolod told

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Thursday, April 4, 2024

BACOLOD City – The Department of Education (DepEd) here is being told to encourage students, faculty, staff, and parents to wear face masks in...

Ferry passenger hospitalized due to heat

Metro Bacolod Panay News - Monday, April 1, 2024

BACOLOD City – A passenger of a Bacolod-bound roll-on/roll-off ferry fell ill and was rescued by members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and...

No threat of MNLF presence — Bacolod mayor spox

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Tuesday, March 26, 2024

BACOLOD City – Following concerns about the reported alleged presence of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, members of law...

The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office, together with the Task Force Kontra Colorum, apprehends erring tricycles in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. BTAO PHOTO

Bacolod City apprehends 50 ‘colorum’ tricycles

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Thursday, February 22, 2024

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) apprehended 50 “colorum” tricycles plying the routes around Barangay Mansilingan in this city. Task Force Kontra Colorum...

Exposure of open wounds to contaminated water increases the risk of contracting leptospirosis. Bacolod City recorded its first death this year due to the disease recently. DRRMO-BACOLOD CITY PHOTO / FACEBOOK

Bacolod logs first ‘leptos’ death

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Wednesday, February 21, 2024

BACOLOD City – Amid the dry spell being experienced here, the City Health Office (CHO) of Bacolod has recorded its first death due to...

‘No repeat benes’: Aid only for selected ISFs in Bacolod village

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Monday, February 19, 2024

BACOLOD City – Not all affected families, whose houses will be demolished soon due to a development project in Bacolod City’s Barangay 12, will...

A person with disability is processing her new identification card at the Government Services Express at a mall in Bacolod City. MAE SINGUAY/PN

More fake PWD IDs surface in Bacolod

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Thursday, February 15, 2024

BACOLOD City – Following the city government’s recall order last week, about 15 counterfeit identification cards (IDs) issued to persons with disability (PWDs) were...

The controversial P4.8 million Halandumon Tower in Bacolod City has been targeted by theft suspects, with at least P200,000 worth of its electrical equipment missing. 96.7 XFM BACOLOD / FACEBOOK

Bacolodnons to determine fate of controversial Halandumon Tower

Metro Bacolod Mae Singuay - Wednesday, January 31, 2024

BACOLOD City – What will happen to the P4.8 million Halandumon Tower? Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez will leave the fate of the controversial structure to...