Grenade blast at UNA local bet’s house in Bacolod; no one hurt
By Carla P. Gomez
Unidentified persons on Wednesday night fired two M-203 grenades at the house of Mayor Lourdes Escalante of Manapla town, about 44.7 kilometers of this city.
Unidentified persons on Wednesday night fired two M-203 grenades at the house of Mayor Lourdes Escalante of Manapla town, about 44.7 kilometers of this city.
This is a case of tit for tat. A nasty text message titled “Team Tatay” started circulating in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, on Friday.
BACOLOD CITY—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered the Diocese of Bacolod to remove the tarpaulin hanging at San Sebastian Cathedral, which identifies the senatorial candidates whom the faithful should support and reject for their stance on the reproductive health (RH) law. Mavil Majarucon-Sia, Bacolod election officer, said the tarpaulin, which was 6 feet by [...]
The Diocese of Bacolod has called on the faithful not to vote for six senatorial candidates it had tagged as “Team Patay” (Team Dead, a play on the administration’s Team PNoy monicker) for supporting the controversial Republic Health (RH) Law.
This new celebrity in Bacolod, the City of Smiles, has four legs. Goygoy, a 2-year-old Shih Tzu, catches attention as he speeds down the city streets on board a motorcycle in a cool outfit—a yellow helmet with matching goggles to protect his eyes from the wind.
BACOLOD CITY—A Math teacher will spend six years in jail after a Regional Trial Court (RTC) found her guilty of child abuse for maltreating a nine-year-old pupil. The teacher, who had served a six-month suspension, is also facing a separate administrative complaint filed by the pupil’s parents at the Department of Education for grave [...]
Enthusiasts and tourists in Bacolod City will be enthralled by this latest attraction in Negros Occidental’s capital city, which is probably the first of its kind in the country.
City officials are asking the immigration bureau to reconsider its decision denying the city government’s request for immigration services for chartered flights from Korea to the Bacolod-Silay Airport in January and February.
A rice farm owner was killed and decapitated while several others suffered injuries in a brawl around 9 p.m. on Monday over loud “videoke” music in Barangay Alangilan in this city.
A businessman was killed after he was repeatedly shot while he was inside his vehicle by a lone gunman Saturday night, police said.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo declined an invitation to attend the inauguration of Mayor Evelio Leonardia of this city in 2010 because he did not want to ride in a small plane.
A fire hit 28 stalls at the City North Public Market in Burgos Street at about 12:55 a.m. Sunday and destroyed P1.5 million worth of merchandise.
Abused children now have a bigger home in Bacolod City, where they can seek refuge and hide from their abusers.
