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Police in Negros Oriental seized more than P830,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested 26 wanted persons in separate operations from Sept. 8 to 14.The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office said 14 anti-illegal drug operations resulted in the seizure of 122.097 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P830,259.60.Police operations involved two individuals classified as high-value individuals and 12 street-level individuals.NOrPPO also reported the arrest of 26 wanted persons during the week, including one provincial-level most wanted person and three city or municipal-level most wanted persons.Twenty-two others classified as other wanted persons were also arrested.In its campaign against loose firearms, police conducted 10 operations and accounted for 11...

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson administered the oath of office of the officers of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros (AABN)  for 2026-2028 at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City today, Sept. 17.AABN is led by Chrysee Samillano as president, Patty Jane Ong. - vice president/treasurer, Cora Soriano - secretary, Princy Martir. - assistant secretary, and Bamboo Tonogbanua - auditor.Members if the Board of Directors are Elizabeth Puey, Anette Feria, Corazon "Sony" Golez, Dorothy Gatuslao, Marlon Domino, and GilJon Quiamco.Puey, Feria, Golez and Gatuslao are past presidents of AABN, while Quiamco is the president/founder of the Group of Negrense Artists (GONA).The AABN officers thanked the governor for endorsing the nomination of Nunelucio Alvarado as National A...

Fogging operations at the Silay Yolanda Elementary School.*Silay CHO photoThree young boys aged 8 to 11 years old  succumbed to dengue in Silay City and Bacolod City this month, health authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 16.In Silay City, an 11-year-old boy, who was a resident of the Yolanda Housing settlement in Barangay E. Lopez, died from dengue shock syndrome at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital on Tuesday, September 15, Dr. Vanessa Mahrie Madayag, Assistant City Health Officer, said.Fogging operations were conducted at the Yolanda Housing settlement, she said.Madayag said there was an increase in dengue cases in Silay in August.In July there were 52 cases, and in August there were 94 cases, representing a more than 80 percent increase, she said.S...

The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region welcomed 279 newly appointed patrolmen and patrolwomen who took their oath of office in Bacolod City on Wednesday, Sept. 16.The recruits took their oath during the Oath-Taking and Turnover Ceremony under the 2026 Attrition and Regular Recruitment Program at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office Grandstand in Camp Alfredo M. Montelibano Sr., Brgy. Estefania.Of the 279 recruits, 168 were selected through the Attrition Recruitment Program, consisting of 136 men and 32 women.Another 111 were recruited under the Regular Recruitment Program, composed of 97 men and 14 women.Following their oath-taking, the recruits were turned over to the Negros Island Regional Training Center where they will undergo basic training in police...

An unidentified man was found dead along the shoreline of Galicia Baybay in Brgy. 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Sept. 15.The San Carlos City Component Police Station said a concerned citizen reported seeing a man lying along the shoreline at around 6:30 a.m.Responding police personnel proceeded to the area and confirmed that the man was already lifeless.The body was brought to Saint Francis Funeral Home and was scheduled for examination by the San Carlos City health physician.Police are conducting follow-up investigation to establish the identity of the man and determine the circumstances surrounding his death.The police report initially classified the case as a drowning incident, although the cause of death has yet to be established through ...

A 59-year-old woman was served an arrest warrant in Bacolod City on Tuesday, Sept. 15, for a drug case filed more than two decades ago.The Bacolod City Police Office identified the woman only as “Rowena,” a resident of Brgy. 27.Police served the warrant at around 3:23 p.m. while Rowena was at the Metro Bacolod District Jail-Female Dormitory in Brgy. Handumanan.The warrant was issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 45 in Bacolod City on Feb. 28, 2001, for an alleged violation of Section 15, Article III of Republic Act 6425, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended.The court recommended bail of P60,000.The operation was conducted by the Bacolod City Mobile Force Company, with personnel from Police Station 10 and the BCPO Tracker Team.Rowena remained under the cus...

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City has approved on Third and Final Reading the proposed “Bacolod Climate Resilience and Emergency Preparedness Ordinance of 2026, Councilor Caesar Distrito said Wednesday, Sept. 16.The ordinance authored by Distrito and co-authored by Councilor Psyche Marie Sy  seeks to protect Bacolod City and its residents from increasing climate-related risks by institutionalizing proactive, science-based, and community-centered policies on disaster preparedness, climate-change adaptation, and emergency response.“We recognized that Bacolod continues to face escalating threats from flooding, extreme heat, climate variability, and severe weather disturbances, the ordinance aims to minimize the loss of lives and property by establishing responsive and lo...