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A 38-year-old vendor was arrested and about 51 grams of suspected shabu worth P346,800 were seized during a buy-bust operation in Isabela, Negros Occidental, Wednesday morning, Oct. 21.Police identified the suspect only as alias “Papang,” a resident of Maharlika Street, Barangay 9.The operation was conducted at around 10:30 a.m. by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office-Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, together with the Isabela Municipal Police Station, Provincial Intelligence Unit and Negros Occidental Maritime Police Station.Police said the suspect allegedly handed a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer in exchange for pre-recorded buy-bust money.Authorities recovered three heat-sealed sachets and a knot-tied plastic bag containing suspected shabu with an ...

Surplus produce rescued from the Libertad Public Market vendors in Bacolod City*Sagup Negros photo Some 2,065 kilograms (kg) of surplus food gathered at the Bacolod South (Libertad) Public Market benefited 616 families in Bacolod Cit.The produce was rescued from the vendors in 20 consolidation days, social enterprise Sagup Negros said in a report released on Wednesday, Oct. 21."The rescued edible surplus food reached 616 families across Bacolod City," it said.These families accessed the Sagup Negros community pantry located at Quezon Avenue in Barangay 36.Sagup Negros said that with the rescue of more than two tons of surplus food, about 1,032 kg of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) have been avoided.It said the "estimated greenhouse gas emissions avoided are...

A 20-year-old caretaker was killed after a group of unidentified men allegedly entered a nipa hut and attacked its occupants in Brgy. Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, early Thursday morning, Oct. 22.Police identified the victim only as alias “Ensoy,” a resident of Purok New Site in the barangay.The incident happened at around 12:50 a.m.Based on witness accounts, four to five unidentified men allegedly entered the hut and ordered those inside not to move.Police said one of the suspects struck a man identified as Silver Amalio on the head with a hard object, causing him to lose consciousness.When Amalio regained consciousness, he reportedly saw Ensoy lying near the front door of the hut with a stab wound on the right side of his chest.A knife was still embedded in ...

Thirteen sachets of suspected shabu worth an estimated P91,800  found inside an abandoned motorcycle were brought to Police Station 2 in Bacolod City for verification, police said Wednesday, Oct. 21.The motorcycle, a white-and-black Honda Click without a plate number, was initially found abandoned following a reported traffic incident in Purok Ylac, Barangay 1, at around 2:34 p.m. Wednesday.Police said the unidentified male driver  left the area before the responding traffic investigator arrived.The motorcycle was later brought to Police Station 2 at the corner of B.S. Aquino and Aguinaldo streets in Barangay 4 for verification of its documents.At around 5:45 p.m., police discovered 13 sachets containing a substance suspected to be shabu inside the motorcycle’s un...

Vendors in front of the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod City during the MassKara Festival.*Gugma Foundation photoFor the first time in MassKara Festival history, ambulant vendors were organized under a coordinated system, generating a reported ₱10.818 million in sales across designated vending areas from October 1 to 18,  Guma Foundation reported Thursday.The initiative marked a significant step toward creating a more organized vending environment during Bacolod’s annual festival, providing small entrepreneurs and independent vendors with opportunities to participate in the city’s major tourism celebration, the foundation said in a press release. Aicah Saadvedra, head organizer of the ambulant vendors and an ambulant vendor herself, said the initiative brought tog...

Bacolod City, Sipalay City, and Sagay City emerged as grand winners in three categories each during the 2026 Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) Pearl Awards, held in Ormoc City, Leyte, on Wednesday evening, October 21.Bacolod City secured three grand winner awards: Best Tourism Promotions Brochure for Bacolod City: Your Pocket Guide to Experience the City of Smiles, Best Local Event Hosting  for the Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, and Best International Event Hosting  for Terra Madre Asia and Pacific. Bacolod also placed first runner-up in two categories: Best Sports Tourism Event for the MassKaraLympics 2025 and Best Tourism Event Cultural Festival for the Bacolod MassKara Festival 2025.SIPALAY CITYSipalay City also claimed three gran...