BACOLOD CITY – A couple and their son were injured in a fire that razed their house in Purok Kaingin 1, Barangay Punta Taytay here on Sunday, Nov. 27. A COUPLE and their son were injured in a fire that hit their house in Barangay Punta Taytay, Bacolod City last Sunday. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected thief and drug pusher was gunned down in broad daylight in Purok Kingfisher A, Barangay 16 here on Friday, Nov. 25, a day after he allegedly sold fake shabu on Thursday, Nov. 24. AN alleged notorious thief was shot dead by a lone gunman on a motorcycle in Barangay 16,...
AWARD FOR NVC –The Negrense Volunteer for Change (NVC) Foundation led by its president Millie Kilayko (second from right) was conferred the Parangal Lingkod Sambayanan award during the special academic convocation for Traditional Awards of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) in Manila Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved an ordinance declaring chicken inasal as an important cultural property here. CHICKEN inasal is grilled over hot coals during the Chicken Inasal Festival in Bacolod City in 2019. (Glazyl Masculino) Authored by Councilor Em Ang, chairperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said the body of a newborn baby boy was found in a public cemetery here on Friday, Nov. 18. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found inside a public cemetery in Bacolod City on Friday, Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo) Major Ritchie Gohee, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez ordered the contractor and the Department of Public Services (DPS) on Friday, Nov. 18, to fast-track the collection of garbage here delayed by the damaged road leading to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa. A GARBAGE truck...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay tanod or watchman died in another shooting incident here on Sunday, Nov. 13. SCENE-of-the-Crime Operatives respond to a shooting incident at the reclamation area in Barangay 35, Bacolod City on Sunday, Nov. 13. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 1) The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old barber who was released from prison a few months ago was gunned down by a man on a motorcycle in Barangay Estefania here on Friday, Nov. 11. POLICE respond to a shooting incident in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City in which a barber was killed on Friday, Nov. 11....
BACOLOD CITY – Three local officials were among 10 persons who traveled to Japan with Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez and tested positive for Covid-19. PHOTO shows Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez and 11 barangay chairmen, among others,...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez of Bacolod City have ended their almost week-long word war with reconciliatory words. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (left) of Bacolod City and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. (Facebook) “The development of...
BACOLOD CITY – This city has logged almost 600 dengue cases from January to October, an increase of 195.7 percent compared to the same period last year. Data released by the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said a total of 890 dengue cases with 13 fatalities were recorded as of...
BACOLOD CITY – Four persons, including two teenagers, were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2 here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Two suspects were identified as Reeben Omega, 20, and Joemarie Magbanua, 22, both residents of Barangay 2. Police withheld the names of the two other suspects...
