BACOLOD City – The PNP Regional Civil Security Unit (RCSU-6) in Western Visayas has seized PHP107,630 worth of firecrackers and pyrotechnics transported without permit by a seller here on Wednesday. Senior Police Officer 1 Joshua Barile, head of RCSU-6 Firearms and Explosive Section, said in an interview on Thursday that retailer John Harley Vertudes failed […]
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23K businesses register in Bacolod City in 2018
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 23,177 business establishments have been registered in this city since January this year, records of the City Mayor’s Office-Permits and Licensing Division showed. The summary report, which covered registration until Dec. 27, 2018, was submitted by licensing officer Stela Rose Rayos to Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Thursday. This is […]
Councilor slams spate of crimes in Bacolod
BACOLOD City – Bacolod Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. condemned the ambush on Councilor Ricardo Tan and his wife and other crimes committed against lawyer Rafael Atutubo and Barangay Captain Nelson Ligaya, Jr. In a resolution approved on Dec 19, 2018, Gamboa urged Mayor Evelio Leonardia to convene the Peace and Order Council to formulate measures […]
Lights of Bago to feature 80s new wave hits
BACOLOD City – The city government of Bago in Negros Occidental will feature a throwback of all the 80s new wave hits in its annual Lights of Bago, 7 pm, on Jan 1, 2019 at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Sports Complex. A press statement from the public information office of Bago city said that […]
Bacolod City cops told to be more productive
BACOLOD City – Station and unit commanders of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) were directed to do better and be more productive on the heels of the reshuffling implemented during the Christmas holidays. Senior Supt. Allan Macapagal, deputy city director for administration and designated officer-in-charge of BCPO, said in a statement on Tuesday the reassignments […]
Diocese partners with gov’t for tree-growing project
BACOLOD City – The Diocese of Bacolod has partnered with the government for the implementation of the tree-growing project, dubbed “Panggas”, among the Catholic schools under its jurisdiction. The project is being undertaken through an agreement formalized recently between the Diocese of Bacolod, the Negros Occidental provincial government, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources […]
Four inmates freed before Christmas Day
BACOLOD City – Four inmates of the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ) in Barangay Handumanan were released a day before Christmas Day. MBDJ-Handumanan warden, Jail Senior Inspector Norberto Miciano, said the four were freed for good behavior following an evaluation of their records. Miciano said they are also set to release four more inmates before […]
4 Negrenses nabbed in lodging house drug bust
BACOLOD City – Four persons were arrested by police operatives in a buy-bust inside a lodging house in Barangay 1 at San Carlos City, Negros Occidental early Wednesday. Police identified the suspects as Junrie Pilapil, 29, a high-value target drug personality; Felix Marlo, 28; Wilbert Dopio, 26; and Maria Suzith Borato, 18. Pilapil’s three companions […]
Negros Occ. cities to hold community fireworks shows
BACOLOD City – Local government units in Negros Occidental, particularly the cities of Bacolod and Bago, will hold community fireworks displays to welcome the New Year. Bago, the city next to Bacolod to the south, announced on Wednesday the staging of the annual Lights of Bago at 7 p.m. on January 1 at the Manuel […]
Mayor pushes creation of ‘Bacolod City Elementary School’
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he will ask the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to rename a facility at Barangay 16 into “Bacolod City Elementary School.” Leonardia said he had written Education Secretary Leonor Briones on September 3, 2018 requesting the DepEd to name the 36-classroom facility into “Bacolod City Elementary School.” On Sept. 5, […]
Over P42-M in illegal drugs seized in Bacolod since January
BACOLOD City – More than PHP42.4 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in various police operations conducted by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) since January 2018, police records showed. As of Dec. 23, 2018, a total of 2,828 grams of shabu were confiscated with an estimated value of PHP42.299 million. The data included […]
‘Person of interest’ in lawyer’s ambush
BACOLOD City – Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, Police Regional Office (PRO-6) director, said on Dec 23, 2018 that investigators already tagged a person of interest in the ambush of a lady lawyer and her companion on Dec 21. in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Atty. Erfe del Castillo, 44, and her driver-companion Efren Palmares were ambushed […]