BACOLOD CITY – A family of three was massacred in Barangay Najandig in Zamboanguita town, Negros Oriental, with the local police still searching for possible suspects in the gruesome crime on Wednesday (Dec. 21). The Negros Oriental police condemned the killing of the Catalonia family, namely,...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and 125 grams of shabu valued at P850,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Dec. 15. The Police Regional Office 7 identified the suspect as Charlito Lado Jr., 40, of Barangay Tugas, Tanjay City. Also...
Police Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office 7, has vowed to uphold the principles of human rights in the intensified campaign against communist insurgency in the Central Visayas region. In his first command visit in Negros Oriental, Alba emphasized the need to...
DEGAMO (Provincial Government of Negros Oriental FB) CEBU CITY – The governor of Negros Oriental opposed plans to construct an international airport in Bacong, a fourth-class municipality in the province. Gov. Roel Degamo vowed to bring his opposition to the Office of the President. "For the...
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 – Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has urged the Philippine National Police to thoroughly probe the brutal killing of his driver in Sitio Bunsod, Barangay Obat, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Monday, Nov. 28. TEVES (FB) In a video posted on Facebook, Teves confirmed that...
Anti-narcotics authorities dismantled a drug den on Wednesday, Nov. 30, following the arrest of three drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said 41-year old Danny Tanilon was arrested at around 11:30 a.m., together...
By TARA YAP * GLAZYL MASCULINO ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader was killed in a clash with government troops in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental province on Monday, Nov. 21. AUTHORITIES carry a body bag containing the cadaver of a New People’s Army (NPA) leader killed in a clash...
BACOLOD CITY -- A drug detainee surrendered to the authorities in Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday, Nov. 19, three days after he escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Marcial Yanguas, officer-in-charge of Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug detainee escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station on Wednesday, Nov. 16. John Mike Olitres alias ‘Tata Vendetta’ is now the subject of massive manhunt operation by the Negros Oriental police. In a video on Facebook, Maj. Fortunato...
BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-four members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Saturday, Nov. 12. At least 24 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrender to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was arrested in Sitio Mabato, Barangay Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Sunday, Nov. 6. The Army identified the communist guerrilla as Tony ‘’Tonyo’’ Elod, a member of the Yunit Militia of Central Negros 1, Komiteng Rehiyon Cebu,...
