By Glazyl Masculino By Glazyl Masculino BACOLOD CITY -- At least 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were seized from a fish vendor during a buy-bust operation at a public market in Barangay 2, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Police identified the suspect as Renato...
The bill seeking to create the Negros Island Region (NIR) has been approved by the Senate Committee on Local Government. The bill seeks to merge Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into one region again. “Malinaw po ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan sa Negros Occidental at Negros...
BACOLOD CITY -- A man died after he was stabbed by his nephew at their house in Barangay Gahit, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 3. Maj. Kenneth Jay Gratones, E.B. Magalona police chief, said that grudges over gossip triggered the suspect identified as Loyd Richard Tuting, 19, to...
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,...
