BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office said smuggled cigarettes valued at P21 million were voluntarily surrendered in a police checkpoint on Tuesday, April 14, in Purok Herbabuena, Circumferential Road, Barangay Villamonte here. According to the Police Regional Office–Negros Island...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple from this highly-urbanized city extended help on Saturday, April 11, by providing free fuel in a gasoline station to 500 motorcycle and tricycle drivers struggling from consecutive fuel price increases. Sanny and Shiela Bico said that this is their way of expressing...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office mourned the death of Police Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez Jr. in a buy-bust operation Thursday. Galvez was remembered as a snappy warrant officer and operative. Police Col. Eugene Rebadomia, Bacolod police director, said Galvez gave his life in the...
BACOLOD CITY – Security forces and emergency responders in Negros Occidental are gearing up for the 30th Panaad sa Negros Festival from April 13 to 19. This weekend, close to 900 police personnel will be deployed for the week-long festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium here while the Provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – A police anti-drug operative was shot dead by a 32-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in front of a lodging house in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday night, April 9. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) condemned the senseless act of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development released P137.295 million in cash relief assistance to 27,549 tricycle drivers on the first day of the payout in Negros Island Region on Wednesday. Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, disbursed a total of...
Bacolod City will start distributing P5,000 fuel subsidy to 9,617 tricycle drivers starting Wednesday, April 8. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced this during a media briefing on Tuesday, April 7, at the Bacolod City Government Center alongside Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) head...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city distributed five kilos of rice to 1,193 modernized and traditional jeepney drivers on Easter Sunday, April 5, affected by successive fuel price hikes. The city government deployed pickup trucks to distribute the staple to various Public Utility Jeepney...
BACOLOD CITY – Four persons, including two suspected gun-for-hire, were arrested in Purok Gonzaga, Barangay Taculing here on Friday, April 3, for allegedly killing a police asset on Thursday, April 2. Police identified the suspects as Tony, 42, of Barangay Bata here, and Win, 39, of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of faithful from this city joined the Good Friday procession featuring antique carriages with images portraying the Passion of Christ organized by the San Sebastian Cathedral. Monsignor Ronald Quijano’s homily on the Liturgy of the Lord 's Passion emphasized: “To...
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged police asset was killed by two gunmen in Barangay Banago here on Maundy Thursday. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy Jr., commander of Police Station 3, said the 29-year-old victim identified as Bebe was riding a tricycle on her way home when the suspects onboard a motorcycle...
BACOLOD CITY – A heavy equipment driver was allegedly gunned down by a fruit vendor during a heated argument in Barangay 33 here on Tuesday, March 31. Police identified the victim as Joevic, a resident of Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Peter John Ramos, commander of Police Station 6,...
