ILOILO CITY – A word war between Mayor Jerry Treñas here and Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran erupted on Friday, June 23, over the repatriation of Badjaos, a nomadic and Indigenous Peoples group. TRENAS (FB) Treñas declared Familiaran persona non-grata for allegedly sending 80 Badjaos...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1920.52 grams of illegal drugs worth P13,059,536 were seized here from April 18 to June 18. The illegal drugs were confiscated during the 100 anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the police under Police Col. Noel Aliño, acting director of Bacolod City Police Office...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will go after individuals involved in the reported cases of dog meat trading here. COUNCILOR Celia Flor (third from left) with Irene Gamboa (fourth from right), vice president of Community Animal Rescue Efforts Inc., and other animal...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 26-year-old man and seized 800 grams of suspected shabu worth P5.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Purok Villa Lourdes, Barangay Pahanocoy here on Sunday, June 18. THE 800 grams of suspected shabu worth P5.4 million seized from a 26-year-old man in a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy was arrested after police caught him with four grams of suspected shabu worth P27,200 in Purok Masinadyahon, Barangay 12 here on Friday, June 16. THE four grams of suspected shabu worth P27,200 that were confiscated from a 15-year-old boy in Barangay 12,...
BACOLOD CITY – A high-value drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, June 16. THE 55 grams of suspected shabu worth P374,000 seized from a high-value individual in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Three potential private armed groups (PAGs) are being monitored by the police in Western Visayas. VILLAFLOR (Glazyl Masculino) These potential PAGs were reported in three different areas in Negros Occidental, based on a report presented by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen arrested the number one most wanted person here in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2, on Wednesday, June 14. Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon, head of Police Station 2, identified the suspect as 49-year-old Antonio Uy. Uy has a standing arrest warrant for murder with no bail...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard drowned in the sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, here, on Sunday, June 11. RESCUERS retrieve on Monday, June 12, the body of a security guard who drowned at sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Sunday, June 11. (Photo courtesy of PCG...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized P802,400 worth of shabu from two drug pushers in buy-bust operations here last week. ONE-hundred grams of suspected shabu worth P680,000 were seized by policemen from a fish vendor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City on Thursday, June 8....
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen arrested an alleged drug courier in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Saturday, June 3. ABOUT 53 grams of suspected shabu worth P360,400 were seized by police from an alleged drug courier in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old female drug pusher was arrested along with her 43-year-old male cohort during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 10 here on Friday, June 2. A TEENAGE girl and her alleged cohort were arrested with P340,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...