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100 fall for ‘rice scam’ in Bacolod, says NBI

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is urging victims of a rice investment scam in this city to...

P47.6-M ‘shabu’ from Negros seized in Cebu

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu valued at around P47.6 million was seized in an antidrug operation in Sitio Tipolo Bridge in Cebu City's...
CHANGE OF COMMAND. Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero (center) formally takes over as director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office during a change of command presided by Police Colonel Patrick Villacorte (left), Police Regional Office 6 deputy director for administration, on Sept. 18, 2020. Standing on the right is Gorero’s predecessor, Police Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, whose new assignment is as Chief Directorial Staff of the Philippine National Police – Finance Service in Camp Crame, Quezon City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

New IPPO chief to Iloilo cops: Serve with discipline, integrity

ILOILO City – Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, the new Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) chief, reminded policemen to continue serving the people with dignity,...
“I am asking for your cooperation and understanding. The new curfew will help us stop people from going out of their homes when not necessary,” says Mayor Neil Lizares III of Talisay City, Negros Occidental.

Stricter COVID curfew in Talisay City

BACOLOD City – The city government of Talisay in Negros Occidental imposed stricter curfew hours to curb the spike of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in...
This undated photo shows the public cemetery of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. All private and public cemeteries in the province will be closed from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. FINDAGRAVE.COM

NegOcc cemeteries closed Oct. 30 to Nov. 2

BY GABRIEL DOMINIQUE BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Lacson cancelled this year’s “Undas” get-together of family and friends. He ordered the temporary closure of all public...

29 cops dismissed for admin violations

ILOILO City – Twenty-nine police personnel across Western Visayas were dismissed from the police service. They were part of the 160 police officers slapped with administrative charges...
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DILG: 3,306 contact tracers needed in Western Visayas

ILOILO City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in is hiring 3,306 contact tracers to be deployed to various local government...

Inmate hangs self inside NegOcc jail

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – An inmate took his own life by hanging himself inside the lockup cell of the municipal police station...
This is the food pack containing rice, canned sardines and noodles that the local government of Bacolod City had been distributing. Netizens took to social media to air their dismay after receiving items labeled “EXP 5 September 2020.” MILROSE VILLEGAS/PN

Leonardia sorry for expired food packs

BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia apologized for the alleged stinky rice and expired noodles that the city government, through the Department of Social...
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No power disconnection in Bacolod ‘til Sept. 30

BACOLOD City – The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will be extending its period of no power disconnection in this capital city until Sept....