BACOLOD CITY – An alleged leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a clash with the government forces at Sitio Lower Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 18. The Army, through the help of former NPA rebels, identified the fatality as Jose...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was gunned down by unidentified armed assailants at Sitio Mansulao, Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 15. RESIDENTS carry the remains of one of the two victims of a shooting incident in Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old boy died after he allegedly choked on a chocolate candy while in school in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 14. A GRADE 2 pupil died after he allegedly choked on a chocolate candy at his school in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Two friends died after they were suffocated and eventually drowned in a well one of the two tried to clean at Sitio Syding, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 15. RESIDENTS check the well in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, where two...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a vendor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 14. SUSPECTED shabu worth P102,000 was seized from a vendor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, April...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 40 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels met Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 12, to express their concern about the threats they have been receiving from their former comrades in the armed struggle. FORMER New People’s...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 16 houses were destroyed in a fire in Barangay Zone 1, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 14. A RESIDENTIAL fire occurred in Barangay Zone 1, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 14, affecting 16 houses. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade) Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental police recorded 65 crime incidents during the Holy Week, three fewer than last year with 68. Two homicide cases were reported in the cities of Escalante and San Carlos, one murder in Moises Padilla town, one physical injury in Talisay City, a rape in Sagay...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental seized a total of P1.3-million worth of pork and pork products from April 1 to 10. Of the confiscated items, 9.52 kilos of pork and 37,680 packs of processed pork meat worth P1.2 million were shipped back to their origin due to...
BACOLOD CITY – The death of a carpenter was the latest insurgency-related incident reported in Negros Island. The Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC) of the New People’s Army’s Central Negros Guerrilla Front has claimed the death of 33-year-old Armando Babor in Barangay Mani-ak, Guihulngan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC) of the New People's Army (NPA)-Central Negros Guerrilla Front has claimed responsibility for the killing of a farmer in Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Easter Sunday. Police said the victim, 63-year-old Danilo...
BACOLOD CITY – Property totaling P7 million was lost in a fire that hit a public market in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 10. FIREMEN conduct mopping-up operation after the fire that razed 18 stalls in a public market in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana,...
