BACOLOD CITY – The son of a mayor and two others were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, August 17. FIFTEEN grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were seized from three persons, including the son of a mayor, in a buy-bust operation in...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, August 17, that he does not believe there is a sugar crisis in the country amid reports of an impending shortage in supply and soaring retail prices. GOV. Lacson (center). (FB photo) “No, I don’t think there is....
BACOLOD CITY – A heated argument led an elderly man to kill his younger brother on Sunday, August 14, at Purok Kalubihan in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental. A police officer talks to an elderly man after stabbing his younger brother in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) killed a 43-year-old laborer in front of his pregnant wife and two children in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Friday, August 12. POLICE cordon the area in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental where a...
As part of its goal to bring the government closer to the people, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) launched a mini caravan in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Aug. 12. (Image courtesy of PCUP / Facebook) The initiative serves as an all-inclusive caravan of services,...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Bulasot, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, August 10. AN NPA rebel died in a clash with the military in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City,...
BACOLOD CITY -- A man was gunned down by five unidentified armed men who introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday. Police cordon the area in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, where a man was killed by...
Dive7 Festival ends with a breathtaking showcase of Negros Oriental’s marine life Being an archipelagic nation, the Philippines is blessed to have such beautiful islands, each offering something new for Filipinos and foreigners to set their eyes on. These wonders don’t stop at idyllic mountain...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Ogahong, Barangay Palinpinon, Valencia, Negros Oriental Friday, August 5. Police identified the suspect as Don Emilio Cariño, 35, of Barangay Batinguel, Dumaguete City. Cariño was listed in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old alleged drug personality mistaken for his twin brother was stabbed dead in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental Friday, August 5. POLICE cordon the area in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental where Steven Placido, an alleged drug personality,...
The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
TWO cellular phones worth P130,000 owned by the vice mayor of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental were stolen and recovered from three persons arrested in Himamaylan City Tuesday, August 2, through GPS technology. (Photo courtesy of the Kabankalan City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Three persons...
