BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy reported missing by his family on Sunday, Feb. 8, was found dead, buried on a beach in Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 9. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said the victim was found by a resident who passed by the...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, Feb. 9, condemned the recent brutal attack on three siblings in Silay City, Negros Occidental. One of the siblings was killed. Lacson said that authorities have identified a person of interest and expressed confidence that the suspect will soon...
BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old girl was mauled to death and her two siblings were injured in an attack by an unidentified person inside their house in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 7. Police Lt. Col. Edison Garcia, Silay police chief, said the victims were...
BACOLOD CITY – A 17-year-old student was gunned down allegedly due to an unpaid debt in Barangay Refugio, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Feb. 5. Police initially received a report over a vehicular accident but later found out it was a shooting incident. Investigation said the victim...
The alert status, which indicates that all teams are ready for deployment for incidents needing assistance from the province, took effect at 5 p.m. for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Emergency Operations Center, until weather conditions significantly improve. As...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Richard Jaojoco has called on Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon to investigate a road in Toboso, Negros Occidental destroyed by heavy rains on Saturday, Jan. 31. Jaojoco posted photos on social media showing a portion of the damaged road in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Monday a couple who allegedly killed their neighbor in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, almost a year after the incident last March. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, La Castellana police chief, said that a warrant of arrest for murder dated...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed in a collision between their tricycle and Sports Utility Vehicle in Barangay Camba-og, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 1. The victims were a 49-year-old fish vendor and his live-in partner from Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Investigation said the...
BACOLOD CITY – Three-thousand fully grown marijuana plants valued at P600,000 were uprooted and burned by the police in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Manduao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental over the weekend. The Bayawan City Police Station and 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company were patrolling when they...
BACOLOD CITY – A senior citizen was killed and 1,400 families were displaced by flashflood caused by torrential rain from the shearline in Negros Occidental and this highly-urbanized city on Saturday night, Jan. 31. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office reported that an 87-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army commander was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Negros Occidental over the weekend. Lt. Col. Zeigfred Tayaban, commander of the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB), said that Reynaldo Elecre, alias Amik, in his mid-60s, was killed in a gun battle in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old Filipina stabbed 63 times by her American husband during an altercation in their house in Barangay Pinucauan, Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Jan. 29, died in a hospital on Friday, Jan. 30. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental...
