BACOLOD CITY – A 14-year-old Grade 8 student was allegedly stabbed and injured by his 12-year-old schoolmate near their school in Barangay Sum-ag here on Monday, June 29. Police Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 9, said that a fistfight erupted between the victim and the Grade 7 suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city and the component cities of Bago and Cadiz in Negros Occidental have launched various initiatives to enhance the delivery of services to the elderly. On Monday, Mayor Greg Gasataya here led the formal opening of the P3.3-million Senior Citizen Center...
BACOLOD CITY – A man allegedly shot and wounded his former girlfriend who was celebrating her birth anniversary with a male friend in an eatery in Barangay Villamonte here late Saturday night, June 27. Police identified the victim as Queen of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Raphael...
BACOLOD CITY – A 63-year-old woman was killed and her 73-year-old husband was injured after they were hit by a speeding motorcycle in front of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) here on Thursday, June 25. Police identified the victim as Rosita of Barangay Pasil,...
After more than a decade, Batang Pinoy returns to the place where it all began as Bacolod City serves as host for the 17th edition from Dec. 12 to 18. Welcoming thousands of student-athletes for the fifth time, the Philippine Sports Commission, led by chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio, and...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city has distributed P1.78 million in total cash incentives to athletes, coaches, trainers, and chaperones from Bacolod who saw action in the Palarong Pambansa 2026 in Agusan del Sur last month. Mayor Greg Gasataya led the awarding of incentives in a ceremony...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city celebrated its 88th Charter Day on Thursday, June 18, by paying tribute to the resilience, dedication, and aspirations of its people. This year’s celebration with the theme “Bacolod Stronger Together” highlighted the city 's continued progress...
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...
