Preparations are underway for the official launch of the MassKara Festival 2026 in Bacolod City on September 11, signaling the start of the countdown to the 18-day celebration scheduled from October 1 to 18. PN FILE

MassKara Festival 2026 launch set tomorrow

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — All is set for the official launch of the MassKara Festival 2026 on Friday, September 11, as Bacolod City prepares to...

Kabankalan City employee dies inside Binalbagan pension house

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — A 57-year-old employee of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO) of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, was found unresponsive...
Personnel of the Bacolod City Government man the newly launched BCD Hotline, (034) 479-6100, which provides residents with a centralized channel for inquiries, concerns and requests involving various city government services. The hotline operates seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. SCREENGRAB FROM BCCO-PIO

Bacolod launches hotline for public assistance

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — The Bacolod City Government has launched a dedicated public assistance hotline aimed at making government services more accessible and responsive to...

P15-M budget for new police station in Singcang-Airport included in 2027 nat’l budget

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — A P15-million allocation for the construction of a new police station in Barangay Singcang-Airport has been included in the proposed 2027...
Brig. Gen. Rudecindo L. Reales formally assumed command as regional director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) during a turnover ceremony at Camp General Rafael T. Crame in Quezon City on September 7, 2026. Reales succeeded Brig. Gen. Romano V. Cardiño, who has been reassigned to Police Regional Office 8. PULIS MINDANAO PHOTO

PRO-NIR gets new chief

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — Brig. Gen. Rudecindo L. Reales formally assumed command as the new regional director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR)...
Children sing as the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is being paraded during the Encuentro at Sto. Niño Parish in Bacolod City’s Barangay Pahanocoy on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. Encuentro, the reenactment of the joyful reunion of sorrowful Mary and the resurrected Jesus, takes place before the first Easter Sunday Mass. (Sto. Niño Parish / SOCCOM photo)

17-year-old student under WCPD custody over newborn’s death

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — A 17-year-old Grade 12 student is under the custody of the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) in Toboso, Negros Occidental,...

Bacolod council urges stronger police, barangay patrols amid theft, snatching

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City— The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has urged intensified police and barangay patrols across the city amid reported cases of theft, snatching, akyat-bahay...
Engr. Joe-Mel Zaporteza, vice president and chief operating officer of Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power), explains the power supply situation in the Visayas during a press conference at the company’s office in Bacolod City on September 7. MAE SINGUAY PHOTO

Generation deficit drives Negros Power interruptions

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — Power consumers in Negros may continue to experience rotating brownouts as insufficient generation capacity pushes the Visayas Grid into Yellow and...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel led the September 6 rescue of eight people after the MBCA San Agustin IV capsized off the waters of Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique. One person died in the incident. PCG-SEMIRARA STATION PHOTO

1 dead, 8 rescued after boat capsizes off Semirara Island

Region Lyndie C. Defacto -
ANTIQUE — One person died while eight others were rescued after a motorboat capsized off the waters of Sitio Liwagao, Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique,...
Children sing as the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is being paraded during the Encuentro at Sto. Niño Parish in Bacolod City’s Barangay Pahanocoy on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. Encuentro, the reenactment of the joyful reunion of sorrowful Mary and the resurrected Jesus, takes place before the first Easter Sunday Mass. (Sto. Niño Parish / SOCCOM photo)

74-year-old farmer killed, 2 hurt in Toboso road crash

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — A 74-year-old farmer was killed while two others were injured after a multicab collided head-on with a Mitsubishi Fuso truck in...
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