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...
BACOLOD CITY -- Two persons, including a barangay official were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alijis here, with the seizure of 201 grams of shabu worth P1,366,800 on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The subject of the buy-bust was identified as Abby Araneta, 28, a barangay kagawad in Alijis, while...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros dismantled a drug den in Barangay Estefania here and arrested its alleged owner Tuesday, Aug. 23. PDEA-Negros Occidental conducts an inventory of the illegal drugs seized from four persons in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Thousands of Bacolodnons and Negrenses lined up as early as 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central here to avail of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) educational assistance for indigent students Saturday, Aug. 20. A LONG line of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Western Visayas (Region 6) launched the “PinasLakas” campaign Thursday, Aug. 18, to intensify Covid-19 booster vaccination here. SEVERAL students, including personnel, of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) in Barangay Alijis,...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P88,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Vista Alegre here Thursday, Aug. 18. JULIUS Sumpio (seated right), a suspected drug pusher, is back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok Hervias 2, Barangay Villamonte here Tuesday, August 16. POLICE inventory 21 grams of suspected shabu worth P142,800 seized from two persons in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – A man celebrating his 28th birth anniversary was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Mandalagan here Tuesday, August 16. RESCUERS assist a motorcycle rider involved in an accident in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City Tuesday, August 16. (Photo courtesy of Leo Jayme) Police...
