Tag: Bacolod

Eleazar orders thorough probe into killing of anti-drugs cop in Bacolod

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a thorough probe into the killing of a policeman assigned to the anti-drugs unit of Bacolod City over the weekend. Eleazar said he directed the Bacolod City Police and the Western Visayas Police Regional Office to look into all possible motives behind the shooting of SSG Joseph Nepomuceno. The PNP chief also urged witnesses to come forward and help authorities bring the perpetrators to […]

PNP: P2.6 million worth of shabu seized in Bacolod City; one arrested

(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P2.6 million worth of shabu from a 19-year-old over the weekend in Bacolod City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Dan Aldrick Ballesteros was also nabbed in the buy-bust operation  in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 on Saturday morning, at 10 a.m. Seized from Ballesteros were 22 sachets of shabu, three pieces of plastic containing suspected shabu with an approximate combined weight of 396 grams, two P500 bills, […]

Bacolod, Lanao del Sur under MECQ from Sept. 8 to 30

(Eagle News)–Bacolod and Lanao del Sur will be under the more stringent modified enhanced community quarantine starting Sept. 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was based on an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases resolution approved by the President Rodrigo Duterte. The resolution was issued following the increase in COVID-19 cases in the two areas. Bacolod so far has 1,723 confirmed cases, Lanao del Sur, meanwhile, has 370 COVID-19 cases […]

PNP launches probe into killing of Bacolod deputy police station chief

(Eagle News)–The Western Visayas police has launched a probe into the killing of a Bacolod deputy police station chief on Saturday, Jan. 26. Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, head of the region 6 police, said he ordered the inquiry into the death of SP04 Oscar Exaltado of Station 6, who was ambushed by two suspects in Barangay Singcang-Airport in Negros Occidental at  7:30 a.m. The police have said it was possible the killing was work-related. Only […]

Duterte says dismissed Bacolod police chief a “protector” of the illegal drug trade “at the very least”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Jan. 16, stood by his dismissal of the Bacolod police chief, saying that “at the very least” he was a protector of the illegal drug trade. “I cannot believe that with all the information available to every chief of police or city police director for that matter assigned in the province, that you would not review the record of the province in terms of criminality and drug […]

President Duterte fires Bacolod City police chief, 4 other police officials, for alleged drug links

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Bacolod City Chief of Police Francis Ebreo for his alleged involvement in illegal drugs, as well as the dismissal of four other police officials whom he accused of being drug protectors in the city. Duterte even asked Ebreo to stand up during his speech on Saturday in Bacolod City at the L’Fisher Hotel. “I’d like to know if the chief of police is here. If you […]

Dating pulis na may kasong murder, nasakote ng NBI matapos ang 25 taon niyang pagtatago

Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Makalipas ang 25 taong pagtatago sa batas, isang dating pulis na may kinakaharap na kasong murder ang nasakote rin ng National Bureau of Investigation. Kinilala ng International Operation Division ang suspek na si retired P03 Rodolfo “Boy” Gamuyao. Nakabinbin ang kaniyang kaso sa Bacolod Regional Trial Court, na nag-isyu ng arrest order laban sa kaniya noong 1992. Nagtakda ng walang piyansa ang korte para sa retiradong pulis. “Akala ko OK na. Di […]

Top 5 Famous Cafés in Bacolod City

By Natalie Kate Ann Juntado If you are heading to Bacolod City, more popularly known as the City of Smiles  for a short vacation or business meeting, you shouldn’t miss visiting at least one of Bacolod’s cake and coffee shops which are located in the most busy streets of the city. Bacolod is known as the Sugar Cane Capital of the Philippines, so there’s no doubt why Bacolod is filled with cafes where people gather […]