BACOLOD CITY -- Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy inaugurated the P1.5 million road project he donated to Alangilan National High School (ANHS) here on Friday, Jan. 6. Veneranda Ortono, former officer-in-charge of ANHS, said that Koy donated P1.593 million in August 2022 for the construction of a...
BACOLOD CITY – Crimes and traffic accidents here slightly decreased in 2022. The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported that there were only 1360 accidents in the year just past, 79 lesser than 1439 incidents recorded in 2021. For peace and order, a total of 1,079 crime incidents were...
POLICE dispose of seized firecrackers worth P44,650 in a ceremony at the police headquarters in Bacolod City on Friday, Jan. 6. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Prietos) BACOLOD CITY – Illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics totaling P44,650 confiscated by the police here during the holiday season were...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 336 cases of fire incidents were recorded in 2022, slightly higher than the previous year wherein 333 cases of fire incidents were recorded, a report from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said. January has the highest number of fire incidents with 53; followed...
BACOLOD CITY – Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police director here, said he supports the Department of Interior and Local Government’s call for all police officials from the rank of full colonel up to generals to submit courtesy resignation amid the alleged return of the ‘ninja cops’ to the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A high value individual who yielded 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 was arrested during a police operation at Purok Magti-ayon, Barangay 10 here on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The subject was identified as Rodolfo Vego Jr., 44, of Barangay 10. Capt. Jonito Pastrana, head of Police Station...
BACOLOD CITY -- A 22-year-old Bacoleña won a brand new car, while five others each took home brand new motorbikes from Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez during the New Year’s Day celebration. Gelline Alunan, 22, of Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City won a brand new Toyota Vios from Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 16 firecracker-related incidents, with no fatalities, were reported here and Negros Occidental during the holiday season. Fourteen were reported in the province from Dec. 21 to New Year's Day. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said that...
BACOLOD CITY - A young man was arrested after he allegedly sold P15,000 worth of shabu to an undercover police agent during a buy-bust operation at Purok Pilit 2, Barangay 6 here on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The subject was identified as Raven Golingay, 22, of Barangay 6. Police seized from him 50 grams of...
THE car of Atty. Danny Pondevilla, general manager of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his vehicle parked on 16th Lacson St., Barangay 7, Bacolod City before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Photo via Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY – A...
BACOLOD CITY -- About 20 grams of suspected shabu valued at P136,000 were seized from two former persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in a buy-bust operation at Purok Hollow Blocks, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Sunday, Dec. 18. Police identified the subject as Carlan John Mendoza, 40, of...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6 here, with the confiscation of 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The subject was identified as Benny Buenaventura, 21, of Barangay 2 here....
