Bacolod, Negros bizmen protest wage increase
BACOLOD City — The Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) has officially filed a petition to contest the proposed labor wage increase...
Bacolod enforces safety ordinances for MassKara
BACOLOD City – For the 45th MassKara Festival, the city government is strictly enforcing City Ordinances No. 358 (2004) and No. 450 (2007) to...
Negros Occidental consumers form alliance for rights protection
BACOLOD City – Concerned consumers in Negros Occidental have come together to establish the Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS),...
Rights group blasts arrest of Negros Occ. farmworker
BACOLOD City – Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condemned the arrest of a farmworker leader in Negros Occidental, based on charges which stemmed from the...
‘Peryahan’ operation in Bacolod plaza halted
BACOLOD City – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has ordered to stop the operations of perya games inside the Bacolod City Public Plaza.
Peryahan began its...
President, First Lady to miss MassKara Festival
BACOLOD City – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos will not attend the peak of the MassKara Festival, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
Bacolod cops seize P6.8M worth of illegal drugs
BY MA. THERESA LADIAO
BACOLOD City – The anti-illegal drug operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized approximately 1,000 grams of suspected shabu...
ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE; CA amends decision ordering ‘Yanson 4’ to surrender voluminous documents and titles
BACOLOD City – The Court of Appeals ordered four Yanson siblings to surrender certain documents deemed by the lower court as essential evidence in...
MassKara vendors, revelers urged to practice waste segregation
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) has called on vendors and festivalgoers to observe proper waste segregation at the...
Bacolod terminates proposed PPP deal for underground cabling
BACOLOD City – The city government has terminated its plan to engage in a public-private-partnership (PPP) deal for the city’s underground cabling project.
City Legal...