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By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod Traffic and Transport Management Department (BTTMD) will implement a temporary road closure along Hilado Street (L.N. Agustin Drive to Lopez Jaena Street) starting today until Saturday, June 6, for the city’s hosting of the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup SEABA qualifiers. In BTTMD’s advisory, the temporary road closure …

By CESAR JOLITO III A spokesperson of the Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) has rejected recent statements from the government’s counterinsurgency body claiming that communist insurgent forces in Negros have been “totally defeated,” insisting instead that the armed movement remains active and rooted in local social conditions. In a statement, Ka …

By CESAR JOLITO III The Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) recognized police personnel who led successful operations against illicit cigarette smuggling and illegal drugs at Camp Alfredo M. Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City’s Barangay Estefania yesterday. The ceremony was presided over by PRO-NIR Director Brigadier General Romano Cardiño and attended by …

By CESAR JOLITO III A soldier from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) was wounded during a brief encounter with suspected remnants of the Northern Negros Front at Barangay Tamlang in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City yesterday afternoon. According to 1st Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79IB civil-military operations officer, government troops were conducting a combat operation in the …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod City government will distribute free school supplies to all public elementary students as well as school bags and physical education (PE) uniforms for Grade 7 to Grade 12 students in the locality during the opening of classes next week. Mayor Greg Gasataya said they are now finalizing with the …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA Two suspects were arrested in follow-up police operations after they allegedly robbed a female doctor at her apartment in Bacolod City’s Barangay 19 on May 28. Police identified the suspects as 27-year-old “Rem,” a resident of Barangay 40, and 32-year-old “Shaun,” from Barangay Cabug, both in Bacolod. Police Colonel Eugene Rebadomia, …

By CESAR JOLITO III A residential fire that caused an estimated P2.88 million in damages in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City is now being linked to an alleged intentional burning incident involving a female renter, initial reports and police investigation suggest. The fire broke out at 10:30 p.m. on May 30, at Block 4 in Barangay …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod City government has expressed its interest in being a Creative City of Gastronomy for 2027 under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). “We submitted our bid to be a Creative City of Gastronomy for 2027 because when we talk about gastronomy, food and flavor, it’s Bacolod …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA Rape with homicide complaints were filed against two persons of interest in the killing of 17-year-old Freya Mae Go, whose body was found hogtied in a vacant lot at Reclamation Area in Bacolod City’s Barangay 12 on October 22, 2025. Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Colonel Eugene Rebadomia, said the …

By CESAR JOLITO III The Sagay City government expressed openness to donating a parcel of land intended for the construction of permanent headquarters of the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR). The proposal was discussed during a meeting between PRO-NIR Director Police Brigadier General Romano Cardiño and city officials. PRO-NIR said the …