BACOLOD CITY -- A garbage collector found two severed hands inside a plastic container at Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Capt. Jonito Pastrana, head of Police Station 2, said that a piece of paper with names of some persons tagged as being into illegal drugs, was also found....
THIRTY modern jeepneys for six routes were unveiled in Bacolod City on Monday, Jan. 23. (Photo courtesy of LTFRB-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY – Thirty modern jeepneys were launched by the United Negros Transport Cooperative (UNETCO) here on Monday, Jan. 23. UNETCO chairperson Romelie Soliguen,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported an 80 percent increase in leptospirosis cases in 2022. Dr. Grace Tan, CESU head, said 45 cases, including 11 deaths, were recorded last year, compared to the 25 cases with six deaths in 2021. The age range of patients...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s trip to Negros Occidental on Monday, Jan. 23, enabled her to help two patients, who are both suffering from serious medical conditions. Vice President Sara Duterte visits one-year-old Adezequel Ramirez, who has a cleft palate, in Talisay City on Monday, Jan. 23,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a young hitman in a pension house in Barangay 32 here on Saturday, Jan. 21. The suspect was identified as Jonathan Divinagracia, alias ‘’Atan,’’ 21, of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here. Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, spokesperson of the Bacolod police, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of dengue cases here last year went up by 190 percent, the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said. THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. Dr. Grace Tan, CESU head, said they recorded a total of 1,020 cases, including 14 deaths, in 2022, 189.8...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will deploy a total of 509 security forces to secure the celebration of the 18th Bacolaodiat Festival here from Jan. 20 to Jan. 22. A pre-deployment ceremony was held at the BCPO headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 19, as part of the security...
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...
