Bacolod News

Volunteers clean Bacolod's thoroughfares
THE Bacolod City Task Force Clean and Green, chaired by Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia, started the cleanup drive last Saturday at the main thoroughfares of the city. The activity was participated by City Government employees, civic organizations, private individuals and other concerned citizens. It started from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Pag-IBIG Sets Valentine's Mass Wedding
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ., Philippines - Some 750 couples will be solemnized during a mass wedding to be held in the early afternoon of February 14, that is, on Valentines Day, at the city's New Government Center. The event, dubbed "I do, I do, Araw ng Pag-big," is being sponsored by the Pag-IBIG Fund and Pag-IBIG Fund Bacolod branch manager Ms. Lourdes Uy, in a recent press conference told ...

750 couples to exchange vows on Valentine's Day
BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia will administer the wedding of 750 couples on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, hopefully with the presence of Vice President Jejomar Binay who will act as the godfather of the said couples. The mass wedding activity will be sponsored by the Pag-Ibig Fund and Ricky Yanson of Vallacar Transit Inc.

Bacolod readies for ‘Totus Tuus’
“TOTUS Tuus” is the title of a week-long event being prepared to mark the 31st anniversary of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Bacolod city on Feb. 20, 1981.

Ex-lawmaker wants Bacolod Revenue Code declared illegal
FORMER Bacolod Representative Monico Puentevella filed a 75-page appeal before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila asking the department secretary to declare the Bacolod Revenue Code as illegal. He said if they are proven wrong, they will abide with what is legal.

Olympic official defends Spain after Contador ban
The head of Spain's Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping.

Reichelt tops training in Olympic test event
Austria's Hannes Reichelt pipped Swiss Didier Cuche Wednesday as alpine's speed event specialists were given a first glimpse of how difficult it will be to win Olympic downhill gold in 2014.

Potential Olympic ski champs set for Sochi test
Potential candidates for Olympic downhill gold in 2014 will put their technical and gliding skills to the test when they tackle the men's course for the first time in competition Wednesday.

Scotland flyhalf Parks quits international rugby
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland flyhalf Dan Parks announced his retirement from international rugby on Tuesday, saying the time was right to call it a day despite playing in the Six Nations opener against England on Sunday.

PHL Carabaos debuts in Australian rugby league
Just as the Philippines made waves in football with the 'Azkals,' another team named after a local Philippine animal is looking to establish itself, this time in Australia's rugby league.