BACOLOD CITY - The United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (Undoc) is planning to hold a five-day transport strike here by the end of March amid the call to suspend the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) and excise taxes on fuels. A passenger jeepney passes by Lacson Street in Barangay Mandalagan,...
BACOLOD CITY - A couple was arrested for possession of suspected shabu worth P768,400 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Tuesday, March 8. Police identified the suspects as Roberto Dingcong, 41, and his live-in partner Jenny Babes Montealto, 25. A couple was arrested after they...
BACOLOD CITY - As the city was placed under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022, the city government recently announced that at least 40 public elementary and secondary schools here are now ready to conduct limited face-to-face (F2F) classes. Councilor Renecito Novero, chairperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY - At least 20 unidentified armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were allegedly behind the burning of a backhoe worth P7 million at a quarry site in Sitio Nandong, Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 2. A police officer and...
BACOLOD CITY - A dismissed police officer was gunned down along Lizares extension, Barangay 40 here on Thursday, March 3. The victim was identified as Ryan Lomugdang, 41, of Celine Homes, Barangay Estefania here. Policemen cordon off the area in Barangay 40, Bacolod City, where a former policeman...
BACOLOD CITY - The city government here has lifted the liquor ban and shortened the curfew hours following the city's de-escalation to Alert Level 1 on March 1 to 15. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued an Executive Order (EO) on...
BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia announced on Sunday, Feb. 27, that Bacolod City will be downgraded to Alert Level 1 on March 1-15. The city and the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Guimaras were the four areas in Western Visayas that were placed under Alert Level 1 by the Inter-Agency Task...
BACOLOD CITY - “It is not giving a good reflection of the province (Negros Occidental).” This was the reaction of Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer after some supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo reportedly threw flyers at former Senator Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr. during the...
BACOLOD CITY - Thirteen persons were arrested after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided two alleged drug dens here and in Negros Occidental on Thursday. PDEA agents arrest eight persons in an alleged drug den in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY - About 50 grams of suspected shabu worth P340,000 were seized from two persons in a buy-bust at Purok Langis, Barangay Banago here on Tuesday. Police arrested Rogie Jamelo, 46, of the same village, and Marcelino Nicavera, 24, of Barangay Mandalagan here. Two persons were arrested...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio continues to hammer home her message of unity wherever she goes on the campaign trail. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio making rounds in Bacolod on Feb. 23, 2022 (HNP Media) Over in Bacolod, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY - A man was gunned down in front of his wife and three children while defending his brother in Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 21. Police cordon off the area in Barangay Maao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, where a man was shot dead in front of his family on...
