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Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Merlinda A. Pedrosa
Merlinda A. Pedrosa
Newly identified drug personality Arnel Sitjar, 40, falls in a buy-bust operation jointly conducted by Police Station 2 and the Philippine National Police Drugs Enforcement Group  Thursday evening, June 16. (Police Station 2 Photo)
Bacolod
Cops arrest jobless man; seize nearly half a million ‘shabu’
June 18, 2022
NEGROS. Authorities recover the body of a businessman who was shot to death by two unidentified assailants on board a motorcycle on B.S. Aquino Drive-Lacson Streets, Barangay 5, Bacolod City on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Kirby Federez Photo)
Bacolod
Bizman killed in another broad daylight shooting in Bacolod
June 14, 2022
NEGROS. Some drivers in Negros Occidental will join the Drivers' Holiday starting 10 a.m. of June 15, 2022. (Merlinda A. Pedrosa)
Bacolod
Some NegOcc drivers joining Drivers' Holiday starting June 15
June 14, 2022
NEGROS. A portion of Bonifacio Street in Bacolod City where a group of retailers in the city is asking to hold a night market from June 13 to 30, 2022. (File Photo)
Bacolod
Night market along Bonifacio Street pushed
June 14, 2022
Bacolod Congressman Greg Gasataya says the transition team of mayor-elect Alfredo Benitez will meet with the present administration on June 22, 2022. (MAP Photo)
Bacolod
Bacolod transition teams' meeting set on June 22
June 14, 2022
Outgoing Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia says it's up to the incoming administration to repurpose the funds for the construction of Bacolod MassKara Coliseum. (MAP Photo)
Bacolod
Leonardia on coliseum repurposing: 'If that's what they want, it's up to them'
June 14, 2022
Outgoing Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who was with former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo at the Independence Day rites held at the city’s public plaza yesterday, June 12, said his administration has nothing to hide. (MAP Photo)
Bacolod
Leonardia unfazed by Benitez's 'truth commission'
June 13, 2022
BACOLOD. The City Health Office reports that dengue cases in Bacolod have increased by 103.7 percent from January to May 28, 2022, compared to the same period last year. (File photo)
Bacolod
Dengue infections in Bacolod City up by 103.7%
June 09, 2022
BACOLOD. As of Thursday, June 9, authorities are still facing a blank wall as to the motive and identity of the suspects who shot and killed Jose Allan Braza, an alleged law enforcement asset, in Barangay 35, Bacolod City on Wednesday. (Contributed photo)
Bacolod
Police: Slain ‘asset’ has no threats; suspects still unknown
June 09, 2022
BACOLOD. The management of AVM-Bernardo slaughterhouse in Bacolod City seeks 10-percent increase in their slaughtering and delivery fees.(AVM Bernardo FB page photo)
Bacolod
Bacolod abattoir seeks 10% slaughter, delivery fee hike
June 09, 2022
BACOLOD. An official says the IPM-Construction and Development Corp. will continue to operate in Bacolod City as it has an existing contract with the local government for the collection, hauling and disposal of garbage in the city until December 2022. (Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
Official: IPM services in Bacolod City to continue
June 07, 2022
BACOLOD. The Bacolod City Police Office is being lauded for its recent accomplishments in the campaign against illegal drugs. (File Photo)
Bacolod
Campaign against illegal drugs lauded
June 07, 2022
BACOLOD. Incoming Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez names Lawyers Pacifico Maghari Maghari III (left) and Karol Joseph Chiu as city administrator and secretary to the mayor, respectively. (Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
2 lawyers among Benitez’s appointees
June 06, 2022
(Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
Newborn baby found dead
June 06, 2022
The police admit that they are still facing a blank wall over the identity of the suspect who shot and killed Rene Mateo at Barangay Alangilan in Bacolod City on Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
Cops in limbo over laborer slay
June 06, 2022
NEGROS. Persons deprived of liberty will be required to undergo tests to ensure that they are not positive for coronavirus before they are turned over to various jail facilities. (File photo)
Bacolod
Ordinance requiring Covid-19 test among PDLs before commitment to jails okayed
June 05, 2022
BACOLOD. Frustrated murder charges were filed against a man who shot and injured the co-workers of his wife in an eatery in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City on Wednesday, June 1. (Contributed photo)
Bacolod
Raps filed against suspect in shooting of 2 eatery workers
June 05, 2022
BACOLOD. The Bacolod City Council approves on third and final reading an ordinance granting gratuity pay and burial assistance to the barangay officials on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (File Photo)
Bacolod
Ordinance granting gratuity pay, burial assistance for barangay officials approved
June 04, 2022
BACOLOD. Four drug suspects who yielded more than P2 million worth of suspected shabu was arrested in two drug buy-bust operations in Bacolod City in the last two days. (Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
Over P2.1-M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod City
June 04, 2022
BACOLOD. The Bacolod City Police Office notes a decrease of 26.89 percent in total crime volume in the city last month compared to the same period last year. (Contributed Photo)
Bacolod
Bacolod crime volume down by 26.89% in May
June 04, 2022