BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved a P5-million financial assistance to support the staging of the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival this year. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez, Bacolaodiat Festival chairman John Stephen Sy (third from left), and Bob Cordova...
BACOLOD CITY – Five Visayan leopards were rescued from a suspected wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port here on Thursday, Jan. 16. FIVE Visayan leopards were recovered from a wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port in Bacolod City on Thursday, Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard SubStation...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod warned the public about a fake missionary priest from the Chaplaincy of the Holy Trinity in Bago City, Negros Occidental. In an advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Diocese said that a certain Rev. Fr. Mario D. Divina is not an authorized priest of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old woman was shot dead by her neighbor for allegedly spreading rumors in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Monday, Jan. 13. Police Capt. Dax Santillan, head of Police Station 7, said the victim Jenelyn sustained bullet wounds in her back from an improvised...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office said that about 70,000 Iglesia ni Cristo members attended the National Rally for Peace here on Monday, Jan. 13. IGLESIA ni Cristo members arrive for National Rally for Peace in Bacolod City. An estimated 70,000 members from Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man was arrested after suspected shabu was discovered in his possession while filing a blotter report at Police Station 6 in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Jan. 12. A 42-year-old man (left) was caught with suspected shabu while filing a blotter report at...
The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office projected that 309,619 residents in the city are at risk from ashfall when Kanlaon Volcano erupts. KANLAON Volcano The figure comprised half of the city’s population. Barangay Estefania was projected with the highest number of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office confiscated illegal drugs worth P93.7 million from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024. BACOLOD City Police Office The BCPO said 13,784.739 grams of shabu valued at P93,736,225.20 and 23.988 grams of marijuana worth P2,878.56 were recovered....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has set aside P5 million to repair 31 stalls at the Central Public Market in Barangay 12 destroyed by a fire last December. VENDORS of the Central Market in Barangay 12, Bacolod City affected by a fire receive financial assistance. (Photo courtesy of...
The crime rate in Bacolod City went up by 5.95 percent last year, police said. The Bacolod City Police Office said the number of crimes increased by 70 from 1,175 in 2023 to 1,245 in 2024. BCPO headquarters (FB) Index crimes, which include offenses against persons or property, remained at 170...
BACOLOD CITY – A retired judge won a brand-new car during Mayor Albee Benitez's New Year’s countdown raffle dubbed “High Five sa 2025” at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). Danilo de la Rosa Amisola of Barangay Villamonte here won in the second draw after the winner in...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has ordered the City Legal Office to reassign the community service vehicle linked to his office tagged in a recent viral post to a barangay for proper use. Benitez, in a statement, said that he was aware of the viral post showing a driver committing a traffic...
