BACOLOD CITY -- Fourteen former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental recently received P280,000 worth of livelihood settlement grants from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of the cash assistance in a...
BACOLOD CITY -- Policemen in Negros Occidental seized a total of P107,580,781.88 worth of illegal drugs from January 1 to Dec. 15, 2022. Based on the record of the Negros Occidental police, 15,670 grams of shabu and 8,569.92 grams of marijuana were confiscated during the said period. The provincial...
BACOLOD CITY - A college student died while his girlfriend was wounded after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a sedan at Purok Guillena, Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Dec. 19. The fatality was identified as Art Vergil Murillo, 20, of Barangay Taloc while his...
THE car of Atty. Danny Pondevilla, general manager of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his vehicle parked on 16th Lacson St., Barangay 7, Bacolod City before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Photo via Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY – A...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Roselyn Jean Pelle Command–Northern Negros Guerilla Front of the New People’s Army (RJPC-NPA) has claimed the burning of two trucks owned by a landowner in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week. In a statement, Cecil Estrella, RJPC-NPA spokesperson, said the group’s action...
BACOLOD CITY - A man died after he was hit by a bus liner and a sports utility vehicle as he tried to cross the street at Purok 3, Barangay Palaka, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 17. The victim was identified as Andres Jordas, 34, of Barangay Poblacion. According to the police,...
A POLICE officer checks the crime scene in Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental where a man was shot dead and his companion wounded on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Sipalay City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was killed while his friend was wounded in a...
THIS police station in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental was inaugurated on Dec. 12. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental police) BACOLOD CITY – A newly constructed three-story police station was inaugurated recently in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Mayor Gina Lizares and Col. Leo Pamittan,...
BACOLOD CITY – A grade 10 student who attended a Christmas Party in school, was killed after he was run over by a truck in Barangay 2 Poblacion, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 15. The name of the 16-year-old boy, a resident of Barangay Cudangdang, was withheld. Rescuers arrive...
BACOLOD CITY -- Policemen tagged the New People’s Army (NPA) as behind the burning incident that left P600,000 worth of damage on two trucks in Barangay Tabun-ac Proper, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Authorities respond to a burning incident allegedly staged by suspected NPA...
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 11 student was allegedly raped and killed in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. A POLICE officer checks the area in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental where a 16-year-old girl allegedly raped was found dead last Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Negros...
