Bacolod City and La Libertad town in Negros Oriental province have confirmed new cases of African Swine Fever (ASF), leading to intensified biosecurity and border control measures.

Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has issued an executive order to reconstitute a task force, aiming to formulate a comprehensive contingency plan to prevent an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the city.

Police operatives in Bacolod City, Philippines, seized over two kilos of shabu valued at P14 million and arrested two suspected drug traders during a high-impact buy-bust operation.

Authorities in Bacolod City, Philippines, arrested a “high value individual” and seized approximately 4.2 kilos of methamphetamines, valued at P28.56 million, during a buy-bust operation.

BACOLOD CITY—A vibrant forest of trees, animals and flowers appears to have leapt straight out of a children’s storybook and into an ancestral home along 54th Lizares Avenue in Bacolod City.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla has publicly named Maj. Edgar Tonico Jr., the CIDG chief in Bacolod City, as an alleged protector of a criminal syndicate.

Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has issued an executive order instructing all barangays to immediately stop collecting unauthorized business taxes and clearance fees that do not comply with the Local Government Code.

Philippine National Police had ordered a case build-up after an officer was killed during a buy-bust operation in Bacolod City, but the 32-year-old suspect in the slaying has since died at a local hospital.

Deputy House Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez's pioneering biodiesel project in Bacolod City, aimed at supporting local fisherfolk and mitigating rising fuel costs, is now expanding to more villages.

A transportation strike in Bacolod City, Philippines, involving about 500 drivers and operators protesting rising fuel prices, ended before noon on Thursday after only a few hours.

BACOLOD CITY — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) warned residents of possible ashfall from Kanlaon Volcano from Friday night through Saturday morning, March 20 to…

MANILA, Philippines — Three lawmakers — Pangasinan Rep. Maria Rachel Arenas, Cebu Rep. Vincent Franco Frasco, and Bacolod City Rep. Alfredo Benitez — have been elected as new Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives. During the session on Wednesday, Majority Floor Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos rose to nominate the three as new deputy speakers.  The motion

BACOLOD CITY — A fire razed about 100 houses in Puroks Katilingban 1 and 2 in Barangay 39 on Friday morning, leaving 177 families, or 765 individuals, homeless, according to initial reports. READ: Another fire displaces 65 residents in Bacolod City Social Welfare Officer Richelle Verdeprado said the blaze broke out at around 11:06 a.m.

A 12-year-old student surrendered to police after allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old fellow student outside a public high school in Bacolod City, Philippines. The victim sustained minor injuries.

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The continuous ash and gas emissions at Mt.

BACOLOD CITY — About 40 percent of consumers served by the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA)-PrimeWater are experiencing reduced water supply due to the ongoing dry spell and pipe leakages, a…

Bacolod City Rep. Alfredo Benitez and Pangasinan Rep. Maria Rachel Arenas officially took their oaths as new deputy speakers of the Philippine House of Representatives.

A midday fire in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7, Bacolod City, razed 27 houses, displacing 179 residents and injuring two people.

A massive fire in Barangay 14, Bacolod City, Philippines, destroyed 37 houses and left 103 families, comprising 307 members, homeless.

Bacolod City in the Philippines is preparing to implement water rationing in response to a continuous drop in water supply during the hot, dry season.

Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez, a police officer in Bacolod City, was hailed as a hero after being killed in the line of duty during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport on Thursday night.

Deputy House Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez launched a pioneering biodiesel project in Bacolod City to support local fisherfolk and provide relief from rising fuel costs.

Transport groups in Bacolod City, Philippines, staged a strike to demand fair and immediate release of government aid to drivers and measures to reduce fuel prices.

BACOLOD CITY — A radio announcer in Himamaylan City, who is also a job order worker in the local government, was shot dead in La Castellana town, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon.

BACOLOD CITY—The Sugar Board is set to endorse a government sugar-buying program to the Department of Agriculture to help prop up mill-gate prices, a situation that has been hurting planters,…

A rally is scheduled to be held in Bacolod City to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, organized by One Negros Ecumenical.

A movement called “Risa Na” has launched in Bacolod City, Philippines, to support Senator Risa Hontiveros’ potential presidential bid in the 2028 elections. Approximately 3,000 Negrenses attended the multisectoral gathering.

BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old male suspect was arrested in a buy-bust that led to the recovery of P2.176 million in shabu at Purok Tahong, Barangay 2 here Sunday, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO)…

A radio anchor in Bacolod City, Philippines, Jean Paul Generoso, received widespread criticism from media and gender rights groups for making a rape joke during a live broadcast.

Taxi drivers and operators in Bacolod City are organizing a caravan rally to protest the alleged unfair distribution of government fuel subsidies, claiming that unregistered vehicles are receiving benefits.

The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) announced a three-month suspension of electricity service disconnections and flexible payment schemes in Bacolod City, following a directive from the Energy Regulatory Commission.

BACOLOD CITY—A total of P240 million in Presidential Assistance for Farmers and Fisherfolk (PAFF) will be distributed to 102,237 sugarcane farmers, 70,415 of whom are from the Visayas, according to…

A strike organized in Bacolod City, Philippines, to protest rising oil prices failed to completely halt public transportation, with some jeepneys, taxis, and tricycles continuing operations.

BACOLOD CITY—As chemical fertilizer prices surged by as much as 35 percent in just one week, a Bacolod-based organic farming advocate told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian…

An official from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) in Bacolod City called on sugar mills to raise the trucking allowance for sugar farmers. This appeal comes amidst the backdrop of rising fuel prices affecting agricultural costs.

BACOLOD CITY — Three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA), tagged in a string of killings and arson incidents, were killed in an encounter with government troops in Barangay Tampalon,…

BACOLOD CITY — Amid fresh questions hurled at the leadership of House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, the “Visayan bloc” in the chamber expressed full support behind him. In a statement on Wednesday, Bacolod Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who was newly elected House Deputy Speaker, defended Dy, particularly his steering the enactment of the General

BACOLOD CITY — Twenty- three houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Purok Lampirong Compound in Barangay 2 here at past 1 p.m. on Thursday, Bacolod City Fire Marshal Jenny Mae Masip said. The fire occurred in an identified red zone or fire-prone area where houses made of light materials were built close to

BACOLOD CITY–The 195 residents of Bago City and La Carlota City who evacuated following a two-minute moderate eruption at Kanlaon Volcano have decamped and returned to their homes. Kanlaon has remained relatively calm following Thursday’s eruption, Mari Andylene Quintia, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) volcanologist, said on Sunday,  Feb. 22. The volcano