SIXTEEN grams of suspected shabu worth P108,800 were seized from a barber in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Sunday, Jan. 15. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo) BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a barber and seized 16 grams of suspected shabu worth...
BACOLOD CITY -- The city government here has allocated P3 million worth of financial assistance for the celebration of this year’s Bacolaodiat Festival. This was disclosed by Jennifer Gochangco-Ong, one of the board members of the Bacolaodiat Festival organizing committee, in a recent press...
BACOLOD CITY -- The city government here has turned over eight brand-new motorcycle bikes to the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Friday, Jan. 13. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez led the ceremonial turnover at the Bacolod City Government Center, with Col. Thomas Joseph Martir,...
A RESCUER assists a motorcycle rider who figured in an accident in Bangga Cory, Circumferential Road, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Friday, Jan. 13. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 6) BACOLOD CITY – A couple died after their motorcycle collided with an empty fuel tanker truck in...
BENITEZ BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez recently revealed that a multi-billion company in China is planning to build an electric vehicle plant here. “It was an eye-opener,” Benitez said as he met several big companies in China during the state visit of...
BACOLOD CITY -- A former drug offender, who was released from jail a month ago, was arrested again in a buy-bust operation at Purok Litub, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, Jan. 12. Police seized 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 from Willyzer Colanggo, 34, of Barangay Singcang-Airport....
NEWLY promoted policemen in Negros Occidental take their oath in a virtual ceremony at the Kanlaon Hall at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) headquarters in Bacolod City on Tuesday, Jan. 10. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Occidental police) BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred...
BACOLOD CITY – A former police trainee who is wanted for pending cases in a court in Iloilo City was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Barangay Handumanan here. Major Richard Fajarito, head of Police Station 10, identified the suspect as former Patrolman Glenn Garbosa, 33, of Barangay 35...
BACOLOD CITY - A security guard assigned in a seaport here was gunned down by unidentified persons on board a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Barangay Taculing here on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The victim was identified as Joserey Jaranilla, 51, of Barangay Taculing. Capt. Dax Santillan, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY -- Classes here and in some parts of Negros Occidental were suspended on Wednesday, Jan. 11, due to incessant rain spawned by a low pressure area. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) here has been monitoring all 61 barangays as flooding may occur anytime....
A total of 276 newly-promoted policemen in Bacolod City took their oath in a ceremony held at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Tuesday, Jan. 10. (Photo courtesy of BCPO) BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 276 newly-promoted policemen here took their oath in a ceremony held at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY -- A taxi driver died after he was sideswiped by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in front of a shopping mall in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Saturday, Jan. 7. Police identified the victim as Leonilo Borbon, 58, of Barangay Sum-ag here. Major Joery Puerto, head of Police Station 8,...
