Amid mounting calls for an investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) maintained Saturday, Dec. 3, that the slain consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) during a military operation in Kabankalan City recently was behind “all” the attacks perpetrated...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Poet, artist and activist Ericson Acosta died on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30, at around 2 a.m., in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental. He was 50. The tributes continue to pour in from contemporaries, fellow poets and artists, classmates and friends. According to the 62nd Infantry Battalion...
BACOLOD CITY -- A motorcycle rider died while six others were injured in separate accidents in Purok Rosas, Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The fatality was identified as Phil Mark Francisco of Muntinlupa. Staff Sgt. Ronald Javier, traffic investigator of...
BACOLOD CITY -- A newly-identified individual was arrested in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Pasil, Barangay 6A, Zone 3, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 seized from a newly-identified individual in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6A,...
BACOLOD CITY – A sedan that went out of control fell into a canal and overturned, killing two of its passengers and wounding another in a road crash in Purok Proper South, Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 30. A sedan overturned upon falling into a canal,...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-month old baby girl was ran over by a dump truck after her motorcycle-riding parents tumbled and hit the pavement while trying to avoid a pedestrian in an accident at Sitio Pukatod in Barangay Payao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 29. A seven-month-old...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty grams of shabu valued at P136,000 were seized from four suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Ylagan Extension, Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 29. FOUR suspected drug pushers were arrested and P136,000 worth of suspected...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died while four others, including two children, were injured after they figured in a collision with another tricycle in Purok Katilingban, Barangay Sagua Banua, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 27. RESCUERS assist individuals injured in a collision...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven policemen were injured after their patrol car crashed into a barrier and overturned in Purok 1, Barangay Caningay, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 28. ELEVEN policemen were injured after their patrol car hit a barrier and overturned in Barangay Caningay,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Upper Binataan, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 28. SCENE-of-the-Crime Operatives process the remains of a communist rebel killed...
BACOLOD CITY -- A casual employee of the local government of Manapla in Negros Occidental was arrested after he was caught in possession of 155 grams of shabu with a value of P1,054,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1A, Manapla, Negros Occidental Saturday, Nov. 26. A casual employee...
BACOLOD CITY -- A woman was beheaded while her niece was hacked by their neighbor at Purok Himaya, Barangay Maquiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental Saturday, Nov. 26. Killed was Gelly Recodo, 58, of Barangay Dian-ay, Escalante City, while her niece, Bernalyn Abranilla, 33, of Barangay Dian-ay, was...
