Lesser MassKara contingents, higher expectations
BACOLOD City – This year’s MassKara Festival participants may expect a higher subsidy, although it comes with higher performance standards.
“This year, we are giving...
Pedicab driver shot dead
BACOLOD City – A pedicab driver was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barrio Wak-wak, Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on...
Bacolod gov’t sorry for delayed salary
BACOLOD City – The city government of Bacolod has apologized for the delayed salary of 26 contract of service employees assigned to the City...
8 ‘sabungeros’ land in jail
BACOLOD City – Eight sabungeros, or cockfighting enthusiasts, ended up in this city’s Police Station 4 for allegedly participating in an illegal cock derby.
Nabbed...
‘I was a scapegoat,’ axed NegOcc OPA employee to appeal decision
BACOLOD City – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) employee recently dismissed over the disappearance of 789 fertilizer bags at the Negros First...
Ex-convict yields P1-M ‘shabu’
BACOLOD City – An ex-convict was arrested on Saturday. He yielded P1 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Purok Pablo...
Bacolod Yuhum to handle MassKara anew
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) ratified the memorandum of agreement (MOA) entered into by the city government and Bacolod Yuhum Foundation, Inc....
City gov’t serves notices to 20 biz stalls
BACOLOD City – The city government’s Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) served notices of violation to 20 business establishments along Lacson Street.
Seventeen received...
Benitez on Teves’ claims: ‘I would never break the law’
BY MAE SINGUAY & DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – “I am the first person that would never, ever break the law,” said Mayor...
Newborn abandoned in cathedral
BACOLOD City – Yesterday morning, an abandoned baby was found in the lobby of the San Sebastian Cathedral in this city.
According to Police Station...