BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) is investigating a call center agent who recently went viral on social media for blocking the right-of-way of a responding firetruck in this highly-urbanized city. A video circulating online showed a motorcycle...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and two others were arrested and 105 grams of suspected shabu valued at P714,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Monday, Jan. 19. Police identified the suspects as Jess, 19, SK Councilor; SK Kagawad Jov,...
BACOLOD CITY – MassKara Festival dancers performed during the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City on Sunday, Jan. 18. Dancers from Barangay Tangub, champion of last year 's MassKara Festival, performed during a parade at Fuente Osmeña Circle in Cebu City and at the Cebu City Sports Complex....
The Bacolod City Police Office recovered shabu and marijuana worth P157.3 million in 2025, a 47.6 percent increase compared to P106.6 million in 2024. Police confiscated 22.9 kilos of shabu worth P155.8 million and 12.6 kilos of marijuana valued at P1.5 million from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, a 46.2...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has started relocating residents from danger zones, particularly along creeks and rivers, as part of the city’s flood mitigation strategy and move to ensure a safe relocation for residents in danger zones. Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD)...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city has allocated P14 million to purchase 10 electric patrol vehicles for the Bacolod City Police Office. Mayor Greg Gasataya, who led the turnover of additional equipment and logistical assistance to the BCPO on Wednesday, Jan. 14, announced that the...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city is set to expand its sanitary landfill as it plans to work with the Department of Energy (DOE) to start a waste-to-energy project this year. Mayor Greg Gasataya, who inspected the city 's sanitary landfill in a 30-hectare compound in Barangay Felisa...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of vehicular accidents in this highly-urbanized city declined by 12.23 percent or 44 incidents from 360 in 2024 to 316 in 2025. But the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said cases of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide went up by 11, from 22 in 2024 to 33 in 2025....
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will increase its monthly allowance for over 1,000 Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel by P500 from P1,500 to P2,000 starting this January. Mayor Greg Gasataya said the increase is part of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported an 11.77 percent increase in total crime incidents in 2025, up 149 cases from 1,265 in 2024 to 1,414 in 2025. Index crimes or crimes against person or property rose by seven incidents or 3.76 percent from 186 cases in 2024 to 193 in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office has implemented a reshuffle affecting seven out of 10 station commanders here. Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, gave them three months to deliver results or face possible relief from their posts. The directive was announced...
BACOLOD CITY – Fire incidents in this highly urbanized city decreased by 31.5 percent, from 295 in 2024 to only 202 in the past year, data from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod City Fire Station on Wednesday showed. Fire Officer 2 Paul Servano, public information officer of...
