BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 16 firecracker-related incidents, with no fatalities, were reported here and Negros Occidental during the holiday season. Fourteen were reported in the province from Dec. 21 to New Year's Day. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said that...
BACOLOD CITY - A young man was arrested after he allegedly sold P15,000 worth of shabu to an undercover police agent during a buy-bust operation at Purok Pilit 2, Barangay 6 here on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The subject was identified as Raven Golingay, 22, of Barangay 6. Police seized from him 50 grams of...
THE car of Atty. Danny Pondevilla, general manager of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his vehicle parked on 16th Lacson St., Barangay 7, Bacolod City before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Photo via Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY – A...
BACOLOD CITY -- About 20 grams of suspected shabu valued at P136,000 were seized from two former persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in a buy-bust operation at Purok Hollow Blocks, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Sunday, Dec. 18. Police identified the subject as Carlan John Mendoza, 40, of...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6 here, with the confiscation of 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The subject was identified as Benny Buenaventura, 21, of Barangay 2 here....
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
BACOLOD CITY -- Police seized 25 grams of shabu worth P170,000 from two suspected pushers during a buy-bust operation in Purok Malinong, Barangay 40 here on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The subject was identified as Jaymille Paraiso, 26, while his companion was Mark Odsigue, 40, both residents of...
y Glazyl Masculino By Glazyl Masculino BACOLOD CITY - A Grade 12 student was arrested after he allegedly sold marijuana to a police agent for P300 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sum-ag here on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Police withheld the name of the 19-year-old student, who is a resident of...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was installed as the new chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas. BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez, with his wife Dominique, takes his oath as the new chairperson of the Regional...
BACOLOD CITY -- A couple was busted after 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 were seized from them during a buy-bust at Purok Malipayon, Barangay 35 here on Saturday, Dec. 3. Police identified the subject as Jake Jimenez, 41, while his live-in partner was identified as Eliza Mae Dejole, 24, both of...
BACOLOD CITY – A vendor is back in jail after she was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 27 here on Thursday, Dec. 1. FIFTEEN grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were seized from a vendor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 27, Bacolod City on Thursday, Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy...
At least 10,000 housing units will be constructed in Bacolod City, the target is to provide decent homes to informal settlers families (ISFs) in the area, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 29. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said the...
