BACOLOD CITY – A 79-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured in a fire on Wednesday, May 6, in Purok Maanyag 2, Barangay Alijis here. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, identified the victim as Rosa Magbanua. Tapiru said the fire broke out at 9:45 p.m. but was only...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has deployed 276 lawmen from the Bacolod City Police Office to secure the National Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Games here from May 9 to 15. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR spokesperson, said they will...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said over 100,000 public school students in this highly-urbanized city will receive free school supplies, PE uniforms, and school bags from the city government before the June 8 class opening. During a media briefing on Monday, May 4, Gasataya said the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Labor Day honored workers as the backbone of the economy and the driving force behind every milestone of development the city achieves. Beyond technical skills, Gasataya recognized the profound sacrifices the workers make, the time away from loved ones,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) stopped an illegal motorcycle drag race in Barangay Granada here on Sunday night, April 26, through information from a concerned citizen. LTO-NIR Director Jeck Conlu monitored the situation on the Bacolod-Negros...
Defending champion National University Nazareth School survived a serious scare from feisty St. John’s Institute, 20-25, 32-30, 15-12, to book a Final Four ticket in the Shakey’s Girls Volleyball Invitational League (SGVIL) Rising Stars Cup Division 1 on Wednesday, April 29, at the La Salle...
BACOLOD CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday, April 27, named Police Major Edgar Tonico Jr., chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod, as an alleged e-sabong protector in Negros Island. Remulla’s revelation came three days after...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is transitioning to a lower carbon footprint and a cost-effective fleet with the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) to its 10 police stations. The EVs, procured by the city government for P14 million, were turned over by Mayor Greg Gasataya...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) paid their last respects to Police Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez Jr. who was laid to rest on Sunday, April 26, more than two weeks after he was killed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on April 9. The BCPO rendered a 21-gun...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said adjustments will be made to better protect officers following the death of a cop in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Bacolod City on April 9. Police Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez Jr. was shot dead by drug suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) dismantled a reported large-scale illegal cigarette manufacturing and distribution network in Negros Occidental, following the discovery of almost P800-million worth of equipment, raw materials, and packaging supplies in two...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is providing assistance for 80 families or 240 individuals displaced by a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. Fire Officer 2 Rolin Paulan, chief arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, said the...
