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The police inspecting the Mariano G. Medalla Integrated School on Tuesday.*PNP photoThe police cleared a public school in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City,  on Tuesday afternoon, July 21, following a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax.Police clearance came after a sweep of the Mariano G. Medalla Integrated School yielded negative results for explosives, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported.Responding personnel from BCPO Police Station 8 (PS8), led by Officer-in-Charge PMaj. Rondyl Tapang, arrived on campus shortly after receiving the report at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.An Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Canine Unit using a trained bomb-detection K9 systematically inspected all four school buildings.Following the clearance, OIC Principal Maria Cecel...

Police in the Negros Island Region confiscated nearly P2 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested 62 wanted persons during week-long  operations from July 13 to 19.Based on the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) weekly accomplishment report, authorities conducted 50 anti-drug operations that resulted in the arrest of 57 individuals.Police also seized 283.59 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P1,929,012.During the same period, PRO-NIR conducted 32 anti-illegal gambling operations that led to the arrest of 76 individuals and the confiscation of P15,359 in gambling bets.Authorities also arrested 62 wanted persons, including 17 listed as most wanted and 45 other wanted individuals.Meanwhile, police carried out 32 o...

A 24-year-old construction worker was found dead after he was believed to have been electrocuted by an electrified perimeter fence in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Monday, July 20.The Kabankalan police said the incident happened at around 3 a.m. in Sitio Lupni, Brgy. Hilamonan.Police said they received a report at around 7 a.m. from a barangay official on the discovery of a body in the area.Police investigation showed that residents heard a noise outside their house at around 3 a.m. When they checked the area, they found the victim lying motionless near an electrified perimeter fence.Authorities said the victim was believed to have accidentally come into contact with the fence, resulting in his electrocution.The victim was later identified by his father.A b...

Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who allegedly fired a gun in Talisay City, Negros Occidental ,late Monday night, July 20.The Talisay  police said the incident happened at around 11:40 p.m. in Hacienda Socorro, Brgy. Matab-ang.Police said a concerned citizen reported hearing gunfire, prompting officers to respond.Police  investigation showed that a 55-year-old resident was repairing his house when he allegedly heard four successive gunshots from a nearby area.The witness told the police that he went outside and saw the suspect, identified only as alias “John,” walking along the road while allegedly carrying a firearm.When confronted, the suspect allegedly abandoned the firearm and fled in an unknown direction before the police arrived.Respondi...

A minor was caught in possession of approximately 30 grams of suspected shabu worth P204,000 during a routine security inspection at a high school in Bacolod City on Monday, July 20.According to the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), a security guard noticed suspicious items inside the student’s bag while conducting an inspection at the school’s exit gate in Brgy. Banago.The guard recovered two knot-tied plastic sachets containing suspected shabu and immediately reported the incident to Police Station 3 of the Bacolod City Police Office.Personnel from Police Station 3 and the Bacolod City Intelligence Unit responded and took custody of the recovered suspected illegal drugs.Authorities withheld the identity of the student in compliance with Republic Act 9...

Vecteezy file photoNegros Island Region (NIR) has recorded a 66 percent decline in dengue cases during the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, July 20.The DOH NIR recorded 1,675 dengue cases from January 1 to July 4, representing a significant drop from the 4,951 cases documented during the same period in 2025.Dengue is a viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. The disease causes severe flu-like symptoms and, in its acute form, can be fatal.The 6–10-year age group recorded the highest number of dengue cases, with 278 cases (16.6 percent), followed by the 1–5-year age group with 255 cases (15.2 percent) and the 11–15-year age group with 231 cases (13.8 percen...

A 57-year-old Australian national with a standing deportation order was arrested in Bacolod City, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Monday, July 20.BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado in a report on the BI website identified the foreign national as Bradley Vincent Gould. He was apprehended in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City, on Thursday, July 16, by operatives of the bureau’s Regional Intelligence Operations Unit–Region VI.The operation was conducted in coordination with the Philippine National Police, Naval Forces Central, and the Philippine Air Force, Viado said.Gould was the subject of an existing warrant of deportation issued by the bureau following complaints of harassment and psychological abuse filed against him. He was located through intelligence monitoring and a...