DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) will deploy 477 uniformed personnel to secure the Buglasan Festival from Oct. 16 to 26. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, NOrPPO spokesperson, said the uniformed cops will be assigned to different venues and key areas, coordinating...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 26-year-old former security guard on Saturday, Oct. 4, for allegedly raping the daughter of a caretaker of an apartment in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The suspect, a resident of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, was apprehended on warrant for three counts of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 10-year-old girl was raped and killed in Sitio Pinasagan, Barangay Linantuyan, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) led by Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay condemned the crime and stressed that...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Criscente Tiguelo was appointed as Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (Norppo) chief effective Tuesday, Sept. 16. Tiguelo’s designation was formalized by an order issued on Sept. 15 by the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR). Police Lt. Col....
BACOLOD CITY – Police recently arrested a 66-year-old man for allegedly killing his nephew in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the suspect Alfredo hacked his nephew during a heated argument on March 29. The victim died on the spot. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental third district Rep. Janice Degamo vowed to continue fighting for justice after a Manila court granted the bail petition of former Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. in one of his murder cases. “I will never stop fighting to make sure that justice is served no matter how long...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region recognized the bravery and dedication of a policeman injured in the eye while arresting a 35-year-old man who stabbed a woman in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sept. 3. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man is back in jail for the third time after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation where P6.8 million worth of suspected shabu was recovered in Barangay Sulodpan, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Aug. 27. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of Police Regional...
President Marcos has condemned the shooting of a contractor in Negros Oriental, saying it must be thoroughly investigated. "Tama lang po na imbestigahan iyan para malaman natin ang puno’t dulo nila at kinukondena natin ang mga karahasan na ito – iyan ay ayon sa Pangulo (It is only right that...
CEBU CITY – An engineer was shot and wounded on a highway in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27. The victim was identified as Engr. Angelito Uy Mendoza, a 58-year-old resident of Barangay Manalongon, Santa Catalina. Police said the victim was a contractor...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons, including a teacher, were killed in a motorcycle collision in Barangay Malabuhan, Siaton, Negros Oriental on Sunday night, Aug. 24. Police Master Sgt. Jose Marie Tayko, traffic investigator of Siaton Municipal Police Station, identified the victim as Rolly, 36, a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 65-year-old farmer and his 47-year-old nephew hacked each other to death in Sitio Kuli-Kuli, Barangay Mabunao, Bais City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Aug. 21. Police Corporal Rechuel Adalia, assistant investigator of the Bais City Police Station, said the victim was visiting...
