BACOLOD CITY – The body of a suspected "salvage" or summary execution victim was found in a ravine in Purok Cobra, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 9. THE body of a man was dumped in a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod has provided supplemental water supply to barangays here to address water shortage from the El Niño phenomenon. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) rations water to residents in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. (BFP-Bacolod) The BFP...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a former call center agent and her companion in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, March 7. The suspects were identified as Charisse Nicole Ledesma, 38, of Barangay 24 and a former call center agent, and Remus Cabiles, 45, of Barangay Taculing. SIXTY...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will launch the Bacolod Film Festival in July to further develop the film industry here and create a venue for local filmmakers to showcase their creativity. ANG (Glazyl Masculino) Councilor Em Ang, head of the city council Committee on History, Culture, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police nabbed a suspected drug pusher and his relative and 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport, this city, on Friday, March 1. Police Capt. Melvin Mercado, head of Police Station 8, said the suspects...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3 here on Thursday, February 29. AN architect and a senior high school student were among eight persons arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
BACOLOD CITY – Body parts were dumped in front of the National Bureau of Investigation office on Aguinaldo St., Barangay 4, this city, on Friday, March 1. POLICE probe a sack containing human body parts found in front of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod in Barangay 4, Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men were killed in a motorcycle crash on the center-island on B.S. Aquino Drive in Barangay Villamonte here before dawn on Monday, February 26. TWO men were killed in a motorcycle crash on the center-island on B.S. Aquino Drive in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City on...
BACOLOD CITY – A call center agent was killed in a waiting shed in City Heights Subdivision, Barangay Taculing here on Saturday, February 24. POLICE cordon a waiting shed in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City where a call center agent was killed on Saturday, February 24. (Photo courtesy of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has directed the City Veterinary Office to allow the movement of pork and other pork products to avert a food shortage in this city. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez issues Executive Order No. 9 on Friday, February 23, allowing the movement of pork and...
BACOLOD CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he was run over by a pickup truck in Barangay 22 here on Saturday, February 24. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 4, said the victim was hiding under the parked vehicle while playing with other children. The 35-year-old pickup...
BACOLOD CITY – The Fiber Infrastructure and Network Services Inc. (FINSI) said that the five persons allegedly involved in a cable robbery incident here last week are not affiliated with the company. FINSI denies that five individuals arrested for stealing cable wires in Bacolod City are...
