BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested and 55 grams of shabu worth P374,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Henrietta Village, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Monday, July 31. Police identified the suspects as Je An Treyes, 40, of Barangay Taculing here, and Christian...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez revealed on Tuesday, August 1, that 46 city government personnel tested positive for illegal drug use. BENITEZ Benitez said they comprise eight to 10 percent of job order city government employees. Twenty-nine were from the Bacolod Traffic...
BACOLOD CITY – Police here seized 2,449.82 grams of illegal drugs worth P16,658,805.7 and arrested 166 persons in 138 operations in 100 days from April 18 to July 27. To further intensify its campaign against illegal drugs, the BCPO launched “B Aid” for the continuous conduct of...
BACOLOD CITY – A man died and his wife was injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in front of a church on the Mansilingan-Murcia Road in Barangay Mansilingan here on Saturday night, July 29. Police identified the fatality as Aljun Gual and the injured as his...
BACOLOD CITY – A newborn baby boy was found at the lobby of the San Sebastian Cathedral here on Sunday, July 30. Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of Police Station 1, said that a woman, who visited the church, heard an infant cry and located the baby wrapped in a cloth. Bonilla said the woman...
BACOLOD CITY – Two persons drowned in this city and Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 25. Police identified the victims as Arnold Billojan, 48, of Barangay Aranda, Hinigaran, and Victor Moreno Jr., 32, of Barangay Mansilingan here and a construction worker. Billojan was reported...
BACOLOD CITY – A man who was in jail for almost nine years for a drug offense was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kabulakan II, Barangay Singcang-Airport, here, on Monday, July 24. Police Major Joery Puerto, head of Police Station 5, identified the suspect as Begie Soreño, 50, of...
BACOLOD CITY – Trips of fast craft vessels from here to Iloilo and vice-versa were suspended on Tuesday, July 25, due to super typhoon “Egay.” The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) cancelled trips due to big waves and rough seas. Regular trips will resume as soon as weather is back to normal,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested six persons and dismantled a drug den during a buy-bust operation in Hervias 3, Barangay Villamonte, here, on Sunday, July 23. The operation in coordination with the Regional Special Enforcement Team...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 60 grams of suspected shabu worth P408,000 from a former drug offender in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 40 here on Saturday, July 22. The suspect was identified as Jude Villarmino, 48. Police Capt. Dax Santillan, head of Police Station 6, said the suspect was...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 100 police officers will be deployed for possible protest actions here during the State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 24. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) chief, said the Civil Disturbance...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was gunned down near a shopping mall on Rizal St., Barangay 12 here on Tuesday, July 18. The victim was identified as Joenel Pahilanga, 29, of Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan, this city. Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of Police Station 1, said the victim...
