BACOLOD CITY – Authorities recovered suspected smuggled cigarettes worth P594,000 from an abandoned truck in Sitio Tapol, Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, Aug. 20. Police operatives acted on a report about a suspicious vehicle parked inside a lot for five days,...
BACOLOD CITY – An 84‑year‑old faith healer was stabbed to death while sleeping beside his wife inside their house in Don Hermino Village, Barangay 1, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Police identified the victim as Bay, also a pedicab driver. Police Master Sgt. Henry...
BACOLOD CITY - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod arrested a senior citizen in a raid against the illegal refilling of butane canisters in his home in Barangay Estefania here on Tuesday, August 18. In a media interview, NBI-Bacolod executive officer William De Arca Jr., said they...
BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo), arrested two of the four suspects linked in the killing of Kagawad Joe of Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental. Authorities first arrested 42-year-old Jo, a construction worker, in Barangay Zone 2, Murcia on Monday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office has formed a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to probe the killing of an Indian national in Barangay Villamonte here on Tuesday night, Aug. 4. Police Col. Eugene Rebadomia, Bacolod police director, in a press briefing, said they are conducting...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 64-year-old Chinese and a 32-year-old woman and confiscated counterfeit seasoning valued at P470,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mansilingan here on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The operation was conducted after a manufacturing company filed a complaint over the...
BACOLOD CITY – Wilma de los Reyes, the first summa cum laude of Bacolod City College (BCC), is grateful for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for helping her fulfill her dream to finish school and find a job to help her family. The...
BACOLOD CITY – An argument over money triggered a college student to allegedly poison a public high school teacher to death in his residence in Barangay Alijis here on June 12. Police Capt. Jay-r Reyes, head of Police Station 7, said the 24-year-old suspect, who was initially reported as a senior...
A police corporal assigned to the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is under administrative and criminal investigation after a police applicant accused her of collecting P50,000 in exchange for a promised slot in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Police General Jose...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) here recorded about 106,600 enrolled learners from both public and private schools as the classes for the school year 2026-2027 opened Monday. Data from the quick count of the DepEd-Bacolod City Schools Division Office showed that as of past noon...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office rendered final honors to Police Lt. Col. Romeo Vargas during his internment in a memorial park in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 30. A mass was held at Our Lady of Peace Parish in La Carlota City officiated by Police Capt....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) urged residents of this highly urbanized city to report crimes directly to the 911 emergency hotline for fast response, instead of posting these incidents first on social media. Capt. Dax Santillan, BCPO public information officer, said on...
