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,...
BACOLOD CITY -- Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy inaugurated the P1.5 million road project he donated to Alangilan National High School (ANHS) here on Friday, Jan. 6. Veneranda Ortono, former officer-in-charge of ANHS, said that Koy donated P1.593 million in August 2022 for the construction of a...
BACOLOD CITY – Crimes and traffic accidents here slightly decreased in 2022. The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported that there were only 1360 accidents in the year just past, 79 lesser than 1439 incidents recorded in 2021. For peace and order, a total of 1,079 crime incidents were...
POLICE dispose of seized firecrackers worth P44,650 in a ceremony at the police headquarters in Bacolod City on Friday, Jan. 6. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Prietos) BACOLOD CITY – Illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics totaling P44,650 confiscated by the police here during the holiday season were...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 336 cases of fire incidents were recorded in 2022, slightly higher than the previous year wherein 333 cases of fire incidents were recorded, a report from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said. January has the highest number of fire incidents with 53; followed...
BACOLOD CITY – Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police director here, said he supports the Department of Interior and Local Government’s call for all police officials from the rank of full colonel up to generals to submit courtesy resignation amid the alleged return of the ‘ninja cops’ to the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A high value individual who yielded 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 was arrested during a police operation at Purok Magti-ayon, Barangay 10 here on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The subject was identified as Rodolfo Vego Jr., 44, of Barangay 10. Capt. Jonito Pastrana, head of Police Station...
BACOLOD CITY -- A 22-year-old Bacoleña won a brand new car, while five others each took home brand new motorbikes from Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez during the New Year’s Day celebration. Gelline Alunan, 22, of Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City won a brand new Toyota Vios from Mayor...
