The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) is working to sustain the lower dengue cases recorded last year, urging Bacolodnons not to be complacent despite the 60 percent decrease in cases. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said yesterday that after Bacolod experienced dengue surges in the previous years, the city should …
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Firearms, grenade seized in twin raids
By CESAR JOLITO III Two separate search warrant operations led to the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of multiple firearms, ammunition and a live grenade in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental on Tuesday, January 27. In a statement, the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the operations were carried …
MassKara dancers to perform in HK Chinese New Year parade
The MassKara Festival dancers from Bacolod City will be among the international performing groups during the 2026 Cathay International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong on February 17. Represented by the street dance champions from Barangay Tangub, this is the second time the MassKara dancers will perform in the same event after their …
Man hacked to death
By CESAR JOLITO III A 56-year-old laborer was killed in a hacking incident at Barangay To-oy in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City, with his own brother arrested as the prime suspect late Tuesday night, January 27. Himamaylan police said the incident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. near Purok Detachment in Sitio Mambato. Initial investigation revealed that …
Police pursue assailants in slay of NegOcc village dad
The Murcia Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental launched a pursuit operation for the assailants in the murder of Sta. Rosa village councilor Joe Arnel Gawan on Monday, January 26. In a report, the Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the 59-year-old official was shot by an undetermined number of persons while …
Laborer stabbed dead
By CESAR JOLITO III A 46-year-old man was stabbed dead by his fellow laborer at Barangay Mambugsay in Negros Occidental’s Cauayan town on Monday night, January 26. Police identified the suspect as a 37-year-old laborer known by the alias “Nardo,” who remains at large. Both the victim and the suspect are residents of Purok 1 …
Shootings in NegOr drop 20% to 53
The number of shooting incidents in Negros Oriental in 2025 dropped 19.69 percent to 53 compared to 66 the previous year, an official said. Captain Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO), told the Philippine News Agency in an interview that this was due to their sustained enhanced police operations, especially …
2 held, P61-K ‘shabu’ seized
By CESAR JOLITO III Police arrested two suspected drug personalities and seized an estimated P61,200 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation at Barangay San Pedro in Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town on Monday night, January 26. The Binalbagan Special Drug Enforcement Team identified the suspects as 28-year-old alias “Bonbon,” a resident of Barangay San …
Kagawad gunned down
By CESAR JOLITO III A barangay councilor was shot dead in broad daylight at Barangay Santa Rosa in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town yesterday morning, in what police described as a sudden and brazen attack, raising concerns over the safety of local officials. Murcia police chief, Police Captain Honey Labaro, said the 59-year-old victim had just …
Motorcycle rider dies in truck crash
By CESAR JOLITO III A motorcycle rider was killed after being struck and run over by a cargo truck along the Bacolod-Silay Access Road in Bacolod City’s Barangay Efegenio Lizares on Sunday afternoon, January 25. Responders said the motorcycle rider, a 35-year-old resident of Talisay City’s Barangay Cabatangan, sustained severe head injuries and trauma to …