BACOLOD CITY – The Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) seized a temporary hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tunap, Barangay San Jose, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, following an encounter with at least 15 communist guerrillas on Saturday, September 16. The gun battle with...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 27 here on Friday, September 15. Police identified the suspect as Kent John Perez, 23, of Barangay 27. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 4, said that 20 grams of suspected shabu...
BACOLOD CITY – A elderly man was found dead in Hacienda Otilla, Barangay Efegenio, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 15. Police Major Wilfredo Benoman Jr., deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said the unidentified victim suffered a head injury but they could...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station has initiated a project that would ease the burden of stranded passengers at the airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station of the Philippine National Police-...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle mechanic was shot dead by a lone gunman in Sitio Talave, Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 13. POLICE respond to a shooting incident where a motorcycle mechanic was killed in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Property worth P3.5 million was lost in a poultry farm fire in Sitio Balogo, Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 14. A POULTRY farm was destroyed by a fire in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September...
BACOLOD CITY – Two senior high school students were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Purok Esmeralda, Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 13. The two boys aged 19 are residents of Barangay Singcang-Airport here and Barangay Poblacion,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a tricycle driver in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lampirong, Barangay 2, this city, on Wednesday, September 13. Police Capt. Glenn Montaño, head of Police Station 2, said that 60 grams of suspected shabu worth P408,000 were confiscated from John Paul...
BACOLOD CITY – A 93-year-old woman was injured in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Sitio Dacutan Daku Zone 8, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 14. Senior Insp. Jovelyn Zamar, city fire marshal, said the victim sustained multiple abrasions...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a vendor was found in Purok 7, Barangay Linao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, September 11. Police identified the victim as Bryan Cabrera, 29, of Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City. The victim was last seen on Saturday morning, September 9,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two-hundred sixty-nine policemen with family members or relatives running in this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Negros Occidental have been temporarily reassigned to other police stations in the province. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested five persons, including two teenagers, and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation on Ylagan St., Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 9. The owner of the drug den,...