By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The celebration of this year’s MassKara Festival will proceed and Bacolod City Mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez is promising the best festival ever. In a short post made on social media by Patrick Lacson and Councilor-elect Kalaw Puentevella, Benitez met with Councilor-elect Jason Villarosa and several major event organizers. During the …
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PCG TO LOOK INTO ISSUE OF DRUG SMUGGLING IN NEGROS
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) national headquarters will closely look into the issue of drug smuggling in Negros island following the confiscation of millions of pesos worth of shabu which later turned out to have been smuggled into Negros Occidental via its main ports of entry. PCG spokesperson Commodore …
IS BACOLOD BECOMING UNSAFE?: CITY LOGS 7 SHOOTINGS IN JUST ONE MONTH
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga “Is Bacolod City becoming unsafe?” This is the question that is becoming viral on social media after the city recorded a total of seven shooting incidents just this month of June. Earlier on Thursday, June 16, 54-year-old Adonis Matulac was shot dead along Lacson Extension, Purok Hollow Blocks in the …
FOLLOWING DEADLY GANG WAR: BCPO BEEFS UP POLICE PRESENCE IN BGC
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has beefed up security at the Bacolod City Government Center (BGC) grounds following last Sunday’s gang war which claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy. BCPO director, Police Colonel Thomas Martir, said he has ordered additional personnel from the BCPO’s Mobile Force Company and …
BIZ LEADER BUCKS WAGE HIKE
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The head of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) over the weekend has voiced out his disapproval over the recommended wage increase for Western Visayas. MBCCI chief executive officer Frank Carbon said he felt like he was about to faint after hearing the proposed wage increase approved …
‘New mayor for Bacolod’: Albee takes lead against Bing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City is expecting a new mayor to seat in the government center as Alfredo “Albee” Benitez takes a giant lead against incumbent Mayor Evelio Leonardia in the 2022 national and local elections. As of 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, Benitez is taking the lead with 153,405 votes against Leonardia’s 95,529. For …
Grateful Robredo returns to Iloilo for third time
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 3, returned to Iloilo City for the third time since filing her candidacy for President. Her decision to include Iloilo in her already packed two-day barnstorm of Panay Island and Negros Occidental with six days left until the May 9 elections was borne out of gratitude. “Homestretch na …
TOURISM IN NEGOCC SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The tourism sector in Negros Occidental is now showing signs of recovery two years after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began. In a radio interview, Provincial Tourism Officer Cheryl Decena said most of the province’s tourism establishments have already resumed full operations. Other establishments, meanwhile, will also resume operations …
COMELEC-NEGOCC ALL SET FOR MAY 9 POLLS
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With barely three weeks left, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental is now all set for the national and local elections on May 9. Comelec-Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor Atty. Roberto Salazar said they have yet to receive the actual ballots that would be used for the polls, but …
PCG-NORTHERN NEGOCC ALL SET FOR HOLY WEEK
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in Northern Negros Occidental said yesterday that they are now all set for this year’s “Oplan: Semana Santa” which is set to begin on Palm Sunday, April 10. PCG-Northern Negros Occidental station commander Joe Luviz Mercurio said they are now on a “heightened …