BACOLOD CITY – The Sipalay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) in Negros Occidental reported tension and minor cracks in two schools and some government structures following the 5.1-earthquake that struck the city on Tuesday, Oct. 7. A Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs...
BACOLOD CITY – A fisherman was arrested in a buy-bust operation on his 26th birthday on Sunday in Cabug Bay-bay, Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that the suspect Alden asked to spare him because of his birthday...
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 – A 63-year-old former barangay captain was shot dead in Sitio Tunga, Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, Oct. 6. Police said the victim Alex was driving a motorcycle on his way home when he was shot in the waist by an unidentified person on board a motorcycle....
BACOLOD CITY – Several buildings in Negros Occidental, including schools, churches, and government offices, sustained minor cracks in the recent magnitude-6.9 earthquake. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said new cracks specifically near the stairs by the elevator were...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will extend a P2-million financial assistance to earthquake-hit Bogo City, Cebu province. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson encouraged other local government units (LGUs) in the province to help towns in Cebu affected by the Sept. 30 tremor....
A 39-year-old motorcycle mechanic, tagged as the No. 1 most wanted person in Negros Island Region (NIR), was arrested for allegedly raping his goddaughter in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. The suspect faces six counts of statutory rape, with no bail recommended, and three counts of lascivious...
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 42-year-old truck driver and his helper were arrested and smuggled cigarettes worth P11.1 million were seized in Barangay Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 4. The suspects were residents of Zamboanga City and Jolo, Sulu. Police sighted two individuals...
BACOLOD CITY – Several local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have mobilized rescue and relief teams to assist communities in northern Cebu province devastated by the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. The One Negros Response Team, backed by the provincial government, departed for...
BACOLOD CITY – Uniformed personnel from the Negros Island Region were sent to Cebu province to augment humanitarian assistance efforts in the aftermath of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Eighty personnel from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR and search and rescue...
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...
