BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a suspected drug pusher and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, on Friday, February 16. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested four...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested five persons for stealing underground copper cable wires owned by a telecommunications firm worth P750,000 in Barangay Mansilingan here before dawn on Saturday, February 17. FIVE persons were arrested for stealing telecommunications cable wires worth P750,000...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will develop a new relocation site for informal settlers following the ratification of the City Council on Wednesday, February 14, of the deed of absolute sale of a 17-hectare lot in Barangay Granada here. BENITEZ (FB) Lawyer Karol Joseph Chiu, Secretary...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, February 12, that the Diocese of Bacolod has temporarily stopped the restoration and repair of the San Sebastian Cathedral here pending the approval of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). MAYOR...
BACOLOD CITY – Two building inspectors assigned to the Office of the Building Official (OBO) here were suspended for 60 days for alleged extortion. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) In a press briefing on Monday, February 12, City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. said these two building inspectors...
BACOLOD CITY – An unattended candle resulted in a fire that hit six houses in Purok Providence, Barangay Sum-ag here on Sunday, February 11. Senior Fire Officer 4 Jereck Barbas, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod ground commander, said that three houses were partially damaged and three...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected shabu worth P2.1 million was seized by the police from a 56-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Narra Baybay, Barangay 8, this city, on Saturday, February 10. SUSPECTED shanu worth P2.1 million was seized from a 56-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio L. Co has been named adopted son and honorary mayor here as the city celebrated the 19th Bacolaodiat Festival on Saturday, February 10. CAMILLE Clarisse Co Lao (third from left) and husband, Michael Stephen Lao (second from left), accept a...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 100 fake Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) identification (ID) cards were discovered in this city, said Alma Gustilo, officer-in-charge of the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD), based on their recent monitoring. Gustilo said they will have to check if...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old barangay official was killed after his motorcycle rammed a coconut tree on Circumferential Road in Barangay Taculing here on Friday, February 9. A BARANGAY kagawad died after his motorcycle crashed into a coconut tree in Bacolod City on February 9. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirteen houses were hit by a fire on San Juan St., Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Wednesday, February 7. FIREMEN put out a fire in Barangay 2, Bacolod City on Wednesday, February 7. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod,...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman died and her two companions were injured after they were hit by a speeding pick-up truck in Barangay Pahanocoy here on Tuesday night, February 6. Police withheld the names of the 53-year-old fatality and the injured aged 21 and 22. Police Capt. Melvin Mercado, head of...
