BACOLOD CITY – The local governments of Toboso and Silay City in Negros Occidental are returning to a five-day work week starting Monday, May 11, after more than a month of implementing a four-day compressed work week as part of energy conservation measures. In a media interview, Toboso Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday reiterated his support for the Philippine Army, saying that the pursuit of the New People 's Army (NPA) remnants in Toboso town on April 19 was a legitimate military operation. The encounter in Barangay Salamanca led to the...
The government’s anti-insurgency task force on Friday, May 8, pushed back against claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a massacre, urging the public to wait for the full forensic and official investigation before making conclusions. In a statement, National Task...
VICTORIAS CITY, Negros Occidental – More employment opportunities are expected to open in Negros Occidental’s third district from the proposed P1-billion convention center and the expansion of the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez said. These projects were...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental will install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras on streets near the State University of Northern Negros (SUNN) to catch sexual harassers preying on students. Mayor Leo Rafael Cueva said on Wednesday, May 6, that the matter was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old farmer was allegedly shot dead by his stepson during an altercation in Purok Kapehan, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 6. Police said that the suspect, 21-year-old Jay-r, was drinking coffee inside their house when the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental advised the people and resort operators to exercise caution and awareness following a video uploaded on social media showing the reptile emerging from a toilet bowl in a resort in the town. In a statement...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old man died after he was struck in the head with a wooden stick embedded with nails by his neighbor in Sitio Agtatahor II, Barangay Macasilao, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2. Investigation said the victim Ed and the 19-year-old suspect Boy, a neighbor,...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Romeo S. Brawner Jr. visited front-line troops in Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2, and urged them to sustain the military’s gains after recent operations against communist rebels as two soldiers who were injured during separate...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old sugarcane worker was arrested on Friday, May 1, for gunrunning and killing his 13-year-old neighbor in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said they subjected the suspect, Kadong, to a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has sought an investigation on the recent encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental where 19 New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed. Benitez has filed House Resolution No. 968 directing the...
