BACOLOD CITY – Classes were suspended at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Barangay Zone 12, Talisay City, Negros Occidentalafter one of their students was caught with an explosive inside the school’s premises on Tuesday, April 4. Policemen arrested Bronson Lucas Lacson, 21, of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A former drug surrenderer was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Police confiscated 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 from Ricky Arquibel, 42, of Barangay Consing. Major Kenneth Gratones, E.B....
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental will soon have its own public hospital. Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Manguilimutan, Department of Health (DOH)-Western Visayas Director Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Negros Occidental Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, and Uswag Ilonggo party-list...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he collided with a tricycle in Purok Mahirup, Barangay Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Police identified the fatality as Rolando Suello, 48, of Barangay Mansilingan here. A MOTORCYCLE rider died in a collision with a...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman and former councilor was robbed of more than P1-million in jewelry and cash in his house in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said the 59-year-old victim left his house on March 31 for a...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a man believed to be a victim of “salvage” or summary execution was discovered in a sack in Barangay Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 31. Major Joeil Reclamado, Murcia police chief, said the sack was dumped in a concrete pipe where human skeletons...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman and two civilians were dead, while three others, including two police officers, were wounded following a commotion outside a restobar in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 31. The fatalities were identified as Corporal Gabby Castillo, a...
BACOLOD CITY – A mother and her eldest son were gunned down while her eight-year-old son was wounded in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. Police identified the fatalities as Sherly Española, 50, and her 20-year-old son Jason. Lt. Abegael Donasco,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men on a motorcycle were gunned down in Sitio Galo, Barangay 5, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. The victims were identified as Randy Macasa, 51, and Stephen Limen, 39, residents of San Enrique, Negros Occidental. Capt. Ar-jay Dangarang, Isabela police...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) owned up the killing of a watchman at Sitio Tibobong, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. Ka JB Regalado, spokesperson of Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC)-NPA Central Negros Guerilla Front, said that Marvin...
BACOLOD CITY – Five former New People’s Army (NPA) couples tied the knot in a mass wedding initiated by the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) at their headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, March 28. According to the Army, these couples were former members of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has inaugurated two bridge projects in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Opened were the P62.8-million Himoga-an Bridge III in Barangay Puey and the P76.2-million Himoga-an Bridge in Barangay Bato. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson inaugurated two bridge projects in...
