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A 37-year-old motorcycle rider died after crashing into a roadside burger stand in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, early Saturday morning, Aug. 15.The San Carlos City police  said the road incident happened at around 2:20 a.m. along Cebu Avenue near Landbank in Brgy. Palampas.Police identified the victim only as “JR,” a resident of Cadiz City.Investigation showed that the victim was driving a Suzuki Skydrive southbound when he lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a BigMak Burger stall.The motorcycle overturned following the impact and sustained damage.The rider suffered injuries to the head and other parts of his body.Personnel of the San Carlos City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office rushed him to the San Carlos City Hospital, where h...

Three high-value drug suspects, including a virtual assistant and a store owner, were arrested while about P5.34 million worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate anti-drug operations in Bacolod City and San Carlos City from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 14 to 16.The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region said the three operations yielded a combined 785.87 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P5,343,916.The latest and largest operation was conducted by Bacolod City Police Station 1 along Palanca Road in Brgy. 12 at around 1:16 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16.
Police arrested a 21-year-old man identified only by the alias “Jo,” who was classified as a high-value individual.Authorities said intelligence validation showed that the suspect worked as a virt...

. Participants of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. YAKAP Run 2026 in Bacolod City on Sunday,*PhilHealth Region 6 photo About 3,200 individuals from various sectors joined the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP) “Para Malayo sa Sakit” run in Bacolod City on Sunday, August 16.The event drew participants in the 2.5-kilometer and 5-km run, kicking off at the provincial capitol grounds going to Lacson Street and back to the starting point.“The YAKAP Run is more than just a run, it represents our shared commitment toward wellness, solidarity and service,” PhilHealth Bacolod head Edgar Yocariza said in his message.YAKAP is PhilHealth’s enhanced primary care benefit package that focuses on preventive and promotive healthcare,...

The entrapment operation at Manuela Building in Bacolod City.*Ronnie Baldonado photoTwo persons were arrested during an entrapment operation at a shop for allegedly producing fake driver’s licenses and other documents at Manuela Building,  Bacolod City on Friday afternoon, Aug. 14.Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region OIC Regional Director Jeck Conlu said the establishment had been under surveillance for some time after authorities repeatedly encountered motorists carrying counterfeit driver’s licenses.Conlu said around five to six fake licenses had been confiscated in previous enforcement operations conducted by the LTO-NIR and the Bacolod Traffic and Transport Management Department.The discoveries prompted the LTO, together with the Philippine National Poli...

Archbishop Midyphil Billones of Jaro* Andrew Altarejos photoPope Leo XIV has appointed Jaro Archbishop Midyphil Billones as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kabankalan following a leadership transition in the local Church, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines announced Friday, August 14.The appointment was announced in an Aug. 11 letter from the Dicastery for Bishops and made public Friday.Bishop Louie Galbines who headed the Diocese of Kabankalan was installed bishop of Bacolod at the San Sebastian Cathedral on TuesdayBillones will oversee Kabankalan in a caretaker capacity until a new bishop is formally appointed and installed. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro within the ecclesiastical province covering Western Visayas, th...

Book author and educator Jeanette Patindol*Philip Nemenzo photoJeanette Patindol, 2018 Most Outstanding Negrosanon Awardee for Education and Literature, succumbed to a rare and fatal brainstem stroke at Riverside Medical Center  in Bacolod City at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, surrounded by her family.Patindol was 58 years old.“Our beloved sister, Jeanette Patindol, was called home to the Lord after a rare and fatal brainstem stroke. She bravely endured seven days in the hospital, surrounded by the tender care of her children—Thea, Paolo, and Bea—as well as her indefatigable and wonderful doctors, nurses, caregivers, and the prayers of family and friends,” her sister, Honey Grace Catalan, said Friday.“Jeanette was more than a sister to me; she was my first mentor, my ...