BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental advised the people and resort operators to exercise caution and awareness following a video uploaded on social media showing the reptile emerging from a toilet bowl in a resort in the town. In a statement...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old man died after he was struck in the head with a wooden stick embedded with nails by his neighbor in Sitio Agtatahor II, Barangay Macasilao, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2. Investigation said the victim Ed and the 19-year-old suspect Boy, a neighbor,...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Romeo S. Brawner Jr. visited front-line troops in Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2, and urged them to sustain the military’s gains after recent operations against communist rebels as two soldiers who were injured during separate...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old sugarcane worker was arrested on Friday, May 1, for gunrunning and killing his 13-year-old neighbor in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said they subjected the suspect, Kadong, to a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has sought an investigation on the recent encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental where 19 New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed. Benitez has filed House Resolution No. 968 directing the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Candoni in Negros Occidental condemned the murder of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni this week. Mayor Ray Ruiz has directed the Candoni Municipal Police Station to conduct a thorough and urgent investigation on the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old Chinese national was stopped in a seaport in Barangay Mantaangan, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 28, after attempting to board a vessel bound for Ajuy, Iloilo without proper documents. Commodore Christopher Auro, commander of the Philippine Coast...
BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old girl was found dead in a sugarcane field in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said the victim was asked by her mother to buy ice on Sunday, April 26, in a sari-sari store in...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal council of Toboso in Negros Occidental has unanimously declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as persona non grata (unwelcome) in the northern Negros municipality. The declaration is stated in...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) disputed the military’s account of the April 19 operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental, saying only a small number of those killed were its fighters while the rest were civilians. In a statement, CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said only...
The Philippine Army (PA) said on Monday, April 27, that it is open to any investigation into its deadly encounter with the New People 's Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week where 19 individuals were killed. PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala brushed off claims that some of the...
