Traditional jeepneys in Bacolod City parked at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds on Nov. 7, 2022. Nanette L. Guadalquiver/PNA photo

Bacolod to create cooperative for PUJs?

BACOLOD City – The city government has initiated the formation of a cooperative that could serve as an alternative to assist traditional public utility...
Personnel of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office install signages in designated tow-away zones on Lacson Street, Bacolod City on Monday, Sept. 25. BTAO

BTAO kicks off anti-illegal parking ops

BACOLOD City – Today, the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) begins its campaign against illegal parking. For the next two weeks, the BTAO will undergo...

Show cause served vs Bacolod BSKE bets for premature campaign

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in this city has issued show-cause orders to certain candidates participating in the upcoming Barangay and...
Over a thousand persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in Bacolod City will exercise their right to vote in next month’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls. Photo shows PDLs at the Metro Bacolod District Jail. METRO BACOLOD DISTRICT JAIL FACEBOOK

Over a thousand inmates in Bacolod eligible to vote in barangay polls

BACOLOD City – About 1,279 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in this city can vote this barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). The Commission on...
Report said each consumer in the Philippines wastes at least two tablespoons of rice a day and the wastage can feed over two million annually. PHOTO COURTESY OF RAPPLER

Rice distribution for Bacolodnons resumes

BACOLOD City – The distribution of rice for registered residents of this city resumes this Saturday, Sept. 16. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said at least...
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La Carlota city gov’t employees undergo ‘surprise’ drug test

BACOLOD City – On Sept. 14, 674 employees of the city government of La Carlota in Negros Occidental were subjected to unannounced drug tests. Mayor...
Since reimplementing City Ordinance 185, thousands of colorum tricycles-for-hire have been caught in Bacolod City. Bacolod Traffic Authority Office head Police Major Junji Liba estimated P700,000 monthly revenue from the apprehensions. BCD PIO

Bacolod City gov’t earns P700K monthly from erring tricycles

BACOLOD City – The city government is earning about P700,000 monthly since the Task Force Dakup Colorum, headed by the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office...

PRO-6 nets 68 drug suspects in weeklong ops

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 68 drug suspects in a weeklong operation dubbed “Birada Semana”. “Four ang focus naton – illegal...
The Bureau of Fire Protection has identified 120 fire-prone areas in Bacolod City. Photo shows the Sept. 9 fire in Barangay 7, displacing hundreds of residents. DRRMO BACOLOD CITY

120 fire-prone areas in Bacolod — BFP

BACOLOD City – There are 120 fire-prone areas in Bacolod City, based on the latest hazard mapping by the city's Bureau of Fire Protection...
Bacolod City Traffic Authority personnel aided the Land Transportation Office inspect and apprehend "colorum" public utility jeepneys beginning Monday, Sept. 11. BTAO FACEBOOK

Anti-‘colorum’ drive nets 9 PUJs

BACOLOD City – Nine traditional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) without franchises and registrations were apprehended in this city since Monday’s intensified operations. Earlier, Renato Novero,...