Bacolod, Philippines News

More than a thousand farmers marched in the major streets of Bacolod City to call on the National Government to import fertilizers and stop sugar smuggling which according to small planters is killing the sugar ...

PUBLIC utility jeepneys in Bacolod City will start collecting the approved P1 fare increase on Friday, the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center said Thursday.

' Lantawan Mayor Tahira Ismael said Thursday that the two recent kidnap victims in Basilan are barangay councilors of barangay Switch-Yakal in her municipality.

By YASMIN PASCUAL-DORMIDO ABS-CBN Bacolod Bacolod City residents celebrate "Emmanuel - Manny' Pacquiao Day" on Thursday in honor of the Filipino boxing icon's record-breaking achievements.

Health officials in Negros Occidental have raised the alarm over high cases of schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection, in the municipality of Calatrava.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board office in Bacolod City reminded public utility drivers that they could not collect new fares without displaying the new fare matrix.

Four people were fatally wounded in Pangasinan when a man armed with a bolo went amuck.

Four people were hurt including the vice mayor of Bangui town in Ilocos Norte following a road accident Friday afternoon in the province.

Elements of the 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army engaged in a firefight alleged members of New People's Army in Ilog town in southern Negros Occidental, on Friday, leaving one soldier wounded.

Police killed two motorcycle-riding gunmen in an encounter in Cainta, Rizal, before dawn Friday.

More than 800 families were affected by a flash flood in the city. Barangay Zone 1, Barangay Zone 3, Sta.

BACOLOD CITY: A group of environmentalists and their sympathizers have signed in their children as petitioners in filing for a temporary restraining order as their last recourse to stop the Energy Development ...

The Department of Education has announced the cancellation of classes for certain schools in Malabon and Navotas tomorrow, July 4th.

More than 300 native wood carvers foresee the possible extinction of their traditional wood carving industry if prices of oil and basic commodities remain high.

At least P4 million worth of property was destroyed by fire that razed eight classrooms at the Iloilo State College of Fisheries in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo province before dawn Wednesday.

Three men who were allegedly kidnapped in a Nueva Ecija town were found dead in Pampanga province on Tuesday, a day after authorities found bodies dumped on a road in Ifugao.

Commercial rice dealers in Bacolod City said they are losing profits due to the competition with National Food Authority's Bigasang Bayan outlets.

The acting chief executive of Bacolod City has urged the local council to declare 33 villages under state of calamity due to damage brought by the typhoon over the weekend.

The Commission on Human Rights has formally filed charges against an "Army cadre" and some soldiers of the Philippine Army's 18th Infantry Battalion for allegedly firing their guns at three CHR investigators ...

BACOLOD CITY: A man from Negros Occidental has captivated local media with a story about a dolphin that died trying to save his fellow fisherman from drowning after their boat sank during the onslaught of ...