BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy drowned in a stream in Purok Seawall, Barangay Punta Taytay here on Tuesday, January 23. RESCUERS attempt to revive a boy who drowned in a stream in Bacolod City on Tuesday, January 23. (Police photo) Police Capt. Michael Tuburan, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old bodyguard and his 18-year-old companion were gunned down on Circumferential Road in Barangay Alijis here on Thursday night, January 25. POLICE cordon the area where two persons were shot dead in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City on Thursday, January 25. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – A campaign seeking to withdraw signatures for the People’s Initiative (PI) will be launched here on Saturday, January 27. Atty. Cesar Beloria Jr., an advocate on educating people about the PI, is calling for the withdrawal of these signatures, as he believed that most people who...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) paid tribute to the bravery of the SAF 44 on Thursday, January 25. POLICE Col. Leo Pamittan, Negros Occidental police director, leads the Day of National Remembrance for SAF 44 at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will build more than 5,000 housing units in Barangays Banago and Estefania here starting next month. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (right) and Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) sign a...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was gunned down while his wife was wounded on Sunday night, January 21, following a series of misunderstandings involving their children in Barangay Tangub here. Police identified the fatality as Danilo Importante, 36. A MAN was shot dead and his wife was wounded following a...
BACOLOD CITY – An eco park that will provide green space for nature enthusiasts and adventure seekers will soon rise in Barangay Alangilan, this city. PERSPECTIVE of the proposed P47-million Bacolod Tree and Eco Park in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod PIO) City...
BACOLOD CITY – A group of traditional jeepney drivers here staged a protest against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program on Tuesday, January 16. TRADITIONAL jeepney drivers oppose the PUVMP during a rally in front of the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City on Tuesday, January 16....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Permits and Licensing Division Office (BPLO) has processed more than 25,000 business registrations in 2023. THE Business Permits and Licensing Office of the Bacolod City Hall reported an increase in business registrations in 2023. (FB) It is eight percent higher...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman has been arrested for drug pushing anew in Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan here. Police identified the suspect as Marecel Mendoza, 40, of Barangay Mansilingan. A 40-year-old woman is back in jail after she was arrested for drug pushing for the fourth time...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected shabu worth P1.4 million and a firearm were seized from a couple in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7 here on Sunday, January 14. POLICE seized P1.4-million worth of suspected shabu and a gun from a couple in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 7,...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-nine families were displaced and property worth P4.3 million were destroyed in a fire that razed the Home for the Blind in Purok Paglaum, Barangay Mansilingan here on Saturday, January 13. FIREMEN battle a blaze at Home for the Blind in Purok Paglaum, Barangay...