Bacolod City implements preemptive evacuations

BACOLOD City – In response to the severe weather conditions brought on by Tropical Storm Kristine, the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
Road closures in Bacolod City are necessary for safety reasons, as large stages will be set up along the Lacson Tourism Strip for the MassKara Festival. BYFI PHOTO

Road clearing, traffic rerouting ahead of Lacson Street closure for MassKara

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) has initiated road clearing operations in three areas of the city due to the closure...
The Negros Occidental provincial government’s Facebook page (left) was hacked on Tuesday morning, Oct. 22, 2024. The province’s Information and Communications Technology Division is working to retrieve access to the page, which showed photos of half-naked women on its stories. SCREENSHOTS FROM PROV’L GOV’T OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL FB PAGE

Negros Occ. works to regain access to hacked Facebook page

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental provincial government is seeking to regain control of its official Facebook page, which was hacked on Monday, October...
Laborers are busy working in a factory at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. MEPZ WORKERS ALLIANCE/FACEBOOK PHOTO

Labor group in Negros Occ. submits manifesto to reg’l wage board

BACOLOD City – The General Alliance of Workers Association(GAWA) in Negros Occidental has submitted its manifesto to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board...
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Bacolod suspends classes for 2 days due to ‘Kristine’

BACOLOD City – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has ordered the suspension of classes from pre-school to senior high school for two days due to...
Photo courtesy of Nanette Guadalquiver/Philippine News Agency

NegOcc’s biggest ‘chicken’ building create more jobs – DOT-6 official

BACOLOD City – The Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 said that a building inside a resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental...
Remedios Chavez (right) receives a walking cane from Mayor Raymund Tongson for her 89th birthday. Photo also shows senior citizens focal person Norma Pelayo (second from right) of the Himamaylan City Social Welfare and Development Office handing over the cane to Chavez. CITY GOVERNMENT OF HIMAMAYLAN PHOTO

Octogenarian receives walking cane as birthday gift

BACOLOD City – Before she turned 89 years old on Saturday, October 19, Remedios Chavez was very happy to receive gifts from the Himamaylan...
Lacson Street in Bacolod City. SCREENGRABBED FROM BRICK GEORGE ANASTA’S FACEBOOK VIDEO

Car-free Sunday becomes permanent in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – The city’s Car-Free Sunday initiative, which began in June through a series of executive orders (EOs) issued by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
Photo courtesy of Mai Ladiao/PN

2-day road closure implemented for MassKara events in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – In line with the ongoing celebration of the 45th MassKara Festival, the city government has implemented a two-day road closure along...
Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) extends 2-megawatt power supply to Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NONECO) after the latter’s 15 megavolt amperes malfunctioned and affected its Victorias Substation. Photo shows the tie-up point between Negros Power and NONECO in Hacienda Tinihaban, Barangay San Jose, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. NEGROS ELECTRIC AND POWER CORPORATION PHOTO

Negros Power provides power supply to neighboring DU due to brownout

BACOLOD City – The Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) has provided power supply to consumers of Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NONECO), a...