BACOLOD CITY – The Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Negros Island Region (RMFB-NIR) clashed with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Kabalagnan, Barangay Lalong, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 14. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR said the 1st Platoon, 2nd Maneuver Company...
BACOLOD CITY – An eight-year-old boy missing for more than three weeks was found dead on a riverbank between Barangays Damutan and Bacuyangan in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 11, three days after his eighth birth anniversary. According to Police Major Eric Doronilla, Hinoba-an...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men were killed by a speeding sedan driven by the son of a barangay councilor in Purok 2, Barangay Tuyom, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 10. Police identified the fatalities as 40-year-old Dolfo and Junior, 59, residents of Barangay Tuyom. Police Lt. Col....
BACOLOD CITY – Exporters and provincial government officials in Negros Occidental have raised serious concerns about the United States’ suspension of crab meat product imports from the Philippines. On Friday, the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport) Negros Chapter issued a...
BACOLOD City – Precious Zaragosa completed a big late-season surge, securing a wire-to-wire victory in the ICTSI Negros JPGT Championship at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club here on Wednesday, June 10, to book her spot in the upcoming Junior PGT Elite Grand Finals. By winning the final...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old pastor was gunned down in a sugarcane field in Sitio Mag-anay Uno, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 8. Police Capt. Joelan Vinson, Binalbagan police chief, identified the victim as Marlo, a hacienda overseer and member of the village’s...
BACOLOD City – A scorching second-round showdown looms at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club as the race for the remaining ICTSI North vs. South Elite Junior PGT Finals berths reaches a fever pitch. With several heavyweights skipping the sixth and final leg of the Visayas-Mindanao...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old woman was gunned down following a visit to her detained live-in partner at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June 6. Police identified the victim as Lowela, a resident of Barangay 2, Manapla,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) is continuing the manhunt against fewer than 10 remaining members of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NNF-D) in Negros Occidental, including a fugitive rebel. Speaking during the launch of S.A.F.E. Negros Island Region (NIR) 911 in this...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental first district Rep. Julio Ledesma IV urged local government units under his legislative district to declare Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano as persona non grata or unwanted person for trivializing his duty as a legislator amid recent developments in the...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. condoled with the family of Private First Class John Rey Brasil in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 3. Brasil was killed in a clash between the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People 's Army (NPA) in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – One soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tamlang, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. First Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th Infantry Battalion civil-military operations officer, said the gun battle against five remnants of the dismantled...
