BACOLOD CITY – Two men were arrested for posing as officers of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to avoid paying their P3,500 tab in a KTV bar at the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Monday, Jan. 27. POLICE arrest two...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City government saved P15.6 million in fuel expenses in 2024 through the Mayor Albee Benitez Cab initiative. BENITEZ (FB) The Internal Audit Services said that the city spent only P9.9 million out of the P25.5 million allocation for fuel last year compared to 2023 with...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 485 policemen from this city and Negros Occidental were deployed to Iloilo City to augment security for the highlight of Dinagyang Festival this week. Police Capt. Liberty Indiape, Bacolod City Police Office public information officer, said that 248 personnel were...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office denied that a 23-year-old woman was kidnapped in Barangay Banago here on Wednesday night, Jan. 22. SCREENGRAB of a viral video on social media shows a woman allegedly being kidnapped and taken into a red car in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old former soldier was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Handumanan here on Wednesday, Jan. 22. A 37-year-old former soldier was gunned down in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City on Wednesday, Jan. 22. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 10) The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved a P5-million financial assistance to support the staging of the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival this year. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez, Bacolaodiat Festival chairman John Stephen Sy (third from left), and Bob Cordova...
BACOLOD CITY – Five Visayan leopards were rescued from a suspected wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port here on Thursday, Jan. 16. FIVE Visayan leopards were recovered from a wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port in Bacolod City on Thursday, Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard SubStation...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod warned the public about a fake missionary priest from the Chaplaincy of the Holy Trinity in Bago City, Negros Occidental. In an advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Diocese said that a certain Rev. Fr. Mario D. Divina is not an authorized priest of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old woman was shot dead by her neighbor for allegedly spreading rumors in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Monday, Jan. 13. Police Capt. Dax Santillan, head of Police Station 7, said the victim Jenelyn sustained bullet wounds in her back from an improvised...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office said that about 70,000 Iglesia ni Cristo members attended the National Rally for Peace here on Monday, Jan. 13. IGLESIA ni Cristo members arrive for National Rally for Peace in Bacolod City. An estimated 70,000 members from Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man was arrested after suspected shabu was discovered in his possession while filing a blotter report at Police Station 6 in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Jan. 12. A 42-year-old man (left) was caught with suspected shabu while filing a blotter report at...
The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office projected that 309,619 residents in the city are at risk from ashfall when Kanlaon Volcano erupts. KANLAON Volcano The figure comprised half of the city’s population. Barangay Estefania was projected with the highest number of...
