BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded 209 grass fire incidents in this city from January to March this year. The BFP-Bacolod said 54 were reported in January, 78 in February, and 77 in March. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod personnel responded to a recent grass...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man died after he was shot by his nephew following a misunderstanding over a carabao in Crossing Carmen, Barangay Granada here on Monday, March 18. Police identified the victim as 72-year-old Rafael Cahina. POLICE probe the area where a senior citizen was shot dead by...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a motel in Barangay 6 here on Friday, March 15. Police identified the suspects as Christian Lachica, 22, of Barangay 13 here, a construction worker, and Jemmuel Lucanilao, 23, an event organizer, of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY - A drug pusher is back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Tisa, Barangay 20 here on Thursday, March 14. A DRUG pusher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 20, Bacolod City on Thursday, March 14. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)...
Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has commended senators for their dedication and commitment toward the progress and unity of Negros Island after they approved Senate Bill No. 2507 establishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) on Tuesday, March 12. BENITEZ (FB) “Today is a...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to allocate P50 million for the construction of pipe-laying facilities as a prompt intervention to address the water shortage here amid the El Niño phenomenon. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez meets Bacolod City Water District...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez suspended classes on the elementary and secondary levels here for two days due to extreme heat. BENITEZ speaks in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday, March 11. (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that face-to-face...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a suspected "salvage" or summary execution victim was found in a ravine in Purok Cobra, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 9. THE body of a man was dumped in a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod has provided supplemental water supply to barangays here to address water shortage from the El Niño phenomenon. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) rations water to residents in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. (BFP-Bacolod) The BFP...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a former call center agent and her companion in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, March 7. The suspects were identified as Charisse Nicole Ledesma, 38, of Barangay 24 and a former call center agent, and Remus Cabiles, 45, of Barangay Taculing. SIXTY...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will launch the Bacolod Film Festival in July to further develop the film industry here and create a venue for local filmmakers to showcase their creativity. ANG (Glazyl Masculino) Councilor Em Ang, head of the city council Committee on History, Culture, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police nabbed a suspected drug pusher and his relative and 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport, this city, on Friday, March 1. Police Capt. Melvin Mercado, head of Police Station 8, said the suspects...
