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 – A tricycle driver here has been fined and suspended by the Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) due to reckless driving that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in April. In a report on Wednesday, the agency said the resolution was received by the respondent...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old woman who allegedly turned to illegal drugs to pay for her treatment was arrested again in a buy-bust operation in her home in Purok Star Apple 2, Barangay 27 here on Monday, June 15. City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) operatives seized 210 grams of suspected shabu...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said that a 36-year-old teacher who was initially reported to have been stabbed to death was instead allegedly poisoned by a senior high school student in his house in Barangay Alijis here on Friday, June 12. Police Capt. Jay-r Reyes, head of Police Station 7, said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old high school teacher was allegedly stabbed to death by a 24-year-old Grade 12 student in his house in Barangay Alijis here on Friday, June 12. Education Program Specialist II RJ Paglomutan, Department of Education (DepEd)-Bacolod Schools Division spokesperson,...
BACOLOD CITY – An 18-year-old high school student supporting the treatment of his sick mother was apprehended in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taculing here on Wednesday, June 10. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested Bords, a Grade 12 student, with 160 grams of suspected shabu worth...
For many Filipinos, May is a month defined by tradition and celebration. Rooted in “Flores de Mayo,” the month-long Catholic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the season is marked by daily prayers, rosary recitations, and the offering of flowers at church altars. Across the country, it also...
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 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) called out on Tuesday those behind the report of a hoax residential fire in this highly urbanized city on Monday night. In a public advisory, the Bacolod City Fire Station said that aside from the hoax fire call, there was also an incident...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old barber was gunned down while cutting a customer’s hair in his house in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Sunday, June 7. Police identified the victim as Carlito. Investigation showed that an unidentified person suddenly entered his house and shot him. The victim died on...
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...
