BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Friday, July 14. Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon, head of Police Station 2, identified the subjects as Arnold Mendoza, 45, a high-value individual, and Rex Sarcepuedes, 20, a...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued four children, including twins, who were allegedly sexually exploited by their parents in Barangay Taculing here on Friday, July 14. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/LEWD_COUPLE_46ca6b67a8/LEWD_COUPLE_46ca6b67a8.jfif) THE ...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is once again vying for the Best City Police Office citation in the country. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, along with Abang-Lingkod party-list Rep. Stephen Paduano, graced the validation and evaluation of the BCPO at its...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two persons for allegedly using fake money to pay their purchases in a “sari-sari” (community convenience) store in Barangay Alijis here on Tuesday, July 11. POLICE arrested two persons for using fake money to pay cigarettes in a ‘sari-sari' store in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 (Western Visayas) said two police officers have tested positive for illegal drugs. In a media interview during his visit to the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Thursday, July 13, Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, said they...
BACOLOD CITY – A 45-year-old drug pusher is back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Riverside, Barangay Bata here on Thursday, July 13. Police identified the suspect as Hansel Magbanua, 45, of Barangay 2, this city. Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixteen persons were injured and 29 houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7 here on Thursday, July 6. TWENTY-NINE houses were destroyed in a fire in Barangay 7, Bacolod City late Thursday night, July 6. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade) The...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government revoked the business permit and closed a junk shop on Mabini St., Barangay 25 here on Thursday, July 6, after the establishment yielded P14.7-million worth of stolen batteries owned by two telecommunications companies on June 29. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly woman was sent back to jail after she was caught in possession of 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 during a buy-bust in Barangay Handumanan here on Wednesday, July 5. A 66-year-old woman was arrested after police seized 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 in a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is awaiting the response of Mayor Jerry Treñas regarding his appeal to lift the executive order declaring Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran person non-grata over the uncoordinated transfer of Badjaos from this city to Iloilo City...
BACOLOD CITY – A bomb threat forced passengers to disembark from a Cebu Pacific flight bound for Manila from this city at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, July 2. Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – A father and his son voluntarily surrendered to the police here on Thursday, June 29, a day after they were accused of killing their relative in Dumangas, Iloilo on Wednesday, June 28. A FATHER and son tagged in the killing of their relative in Dumangas, Iloilo on Wednesday, June...