BACOLOD CITY – One soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tamlang, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. First Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th Infantry Battalion civil-military operations officer, said the gun battle against five remnants of the dismantled...
International Finance Corp. (IFC) is collaborating with Thailand-based renewable energy (RE) developer Sermsang Power Corp. Public Co. Ltd. as the latter pursues its planned entry into the Philippines through a proposed RE generation project on Negros Island. In a disclosure over the weekend, the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Toboso Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental prayed for peace and healing of the community on Friday, May 29, following the encounter where 19 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels where killed in Sitio Plarinding, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso on April 19. Rev. Fr. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) admitted on Thursday that it erroneously charged a consumer in Hinigaran town P958,334.94 for electricity consumption in May, an error that went viral after the consumer posted her bill on Facebook, saying it gave her a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old dialysis patient was killed and his 62-year-old father was injured in a car-truck collision in Barangay Binicuil, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 25. Police identified the fatality as John of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Investigation said...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported a 27 percent decrease in total crime incidents in the region in the first quarter of this year. The Crime Incident Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS) said 2,842 incidents were recorded from January to March 2025,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old woman and her one-year-old son were killed and seven family members were injured after a truck crashed into their house in Purok Super L, Barangay Pandanon, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 25. Police Major Ellendie Rebusquillo, Don Salvador...
A 45-year-old motorcycle rider on his way to a relative 's wake was killed in a collision in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24. Police identified the fatality as Reynaldo, a resident of Purok Sunrise, Barangay Blumentritt. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said that 30-year-old New People 's Army rebel Vince Francis Dingding from Cebu City was buried in a public cemetery in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24, a week after he was killed along with four communist rebels in an encounter with the...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. lauded local government officials of Negros Occidental led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for the province’s initiatives to address insurgency. On Saturday, Teodoro met Lacson and other Negrense officials at the Provincial Capitol here ahead of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old woman was found dead after she went missing in Sitio Capayas, Barangay Sicaba, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 22. Police withheld the name of the victim. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the victim was...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Saturday, May 23, challenged groups claiming that civilians were among the 19 people killed in the controversial military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last month, saying the allegations were based on “hearsay” and...
