BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7, this city, on Wednesday, January 10. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas Regional Special Enforcement Team (RSET)-Bravo and PDEA-Negros Occidental identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok Progress Village 2, Barangay Vista Alegre here on Thursday, January 11. THREE persons, including a teenager, were nabbed in a buy-bust operation and P1-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 180 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.2 million from a 19-year-old man and his stepfather in a buy-bust operation at the Old Airport runway in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Monday, January 8. POLICE arrested a 19-year-old man and his stepfather and seized...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has barred vendors from selling in the public plaza here. In a press briefing on Monday, January 8, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said a resolution about the matter was discussed during their legislative meeting in Baguio City last week. BENITEZ...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has allocated P5 million for the Bacolaodiat Festival next month. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, in a press briefing on Monday, January 8, said that this year’s subsidy increased by P2 million from 2023 because the city has been slowly adjusting...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was arrested and 86 grams of suspected shabu worth P584,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Granada here on Saturday, January 6. A COUPLE was arrested and suspected shabu worth P585,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Granada, Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Firecrackers and pyrotechnics seized during the holidays worth P28,400 were destroyed by the police here on Sunday, January 7. Police Lt. Col. Noel Polines, deputy director for operations of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), said that these were confiscated by police...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier, his girlfriend, and her father were injured in a melee in Barangay Handumanan here on Thursday, January 4. Police identified the victims as Corporal Jasper Gancia, 34, from Barangay Bata here; his girlfriend Merryll Tuvilla, 24, and Tuvilla’s father Teodoro, 71, both...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman was arrested and her live-in partner escaped a buy-bust operation where 76 grams of suspected shabu worth P516,000 were seized in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, January 5. A WOMAN was arrested and her live-in partner managed to flee a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died in a collision with a pick-up truck on the Circumferential Road in Barangay Pahanocoy here on Friday, January 5. A MAN died when his motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City on Friday, January 5. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – Three hospital staff and a patient were injured after a pick-up truck rammed a private hospital emergency room in Barangay Mandalagan here on Thursday, January 4. FOUR persons were injured when a pick-up truck rammed an emergency room of a hospital in Barangay Mandalagan,...
BACOLOD CITY – This city recorded a 16.26 percent decrease in the crime rate or 224 cases from 1,377 in 2022 to 1,153 last year. THE Bacolod City police headquarters. (FB) The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said the number of eight focus crimes also went down by 40.52 percent or 109 cases...
