BACOLOD CITY – A man who was reportedly under the influence of liquor died after he was hit by a car driven by a policeman in Barangay Awaan, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, May 9. RESCUERS assist a man who was hit by a car driven by a policeman in Barangay Awaan, Ayungon, Negros...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold public hearings in the towns of violence-hit Negros Oriental before it would decide whether or not to postpone the scheduled Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) elections in that province. Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was hacked to death by his friend allegedly due to his hidden desire on the latter’s wife in Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental. POLICEMEN cordon the area where a man was found dead in Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 8. (Photo...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – New witnesses are set to testify during the resumption of the Senate hearings on the assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo last March and various other killings in Negros Oriental over the past several years. MAYOR Janice Degamo (FB) This comes after additional cases of killings...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he was hit by a container van on Purok Langka Road, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 6. A MOTORCYCLE rider died after he was hit by a container van that detached from a trailer truck in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay...
BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde), vowed to continue pursuing the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Negros. Edralin made the declaration after troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) clashed with NPA rebels in...
BACOLOD CITY – Another dead infant was found on Saturday, May 6, this time under a bridge in Hacienda Malisbog 2, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental. A POLICEMAN checks the decomposing body of an infant who was found under a bridge in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifteen persons were injured after the passenger jeepney they were riding plunged into a canal in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 4. A PASSENGER jeepney lies on its side after it fell into a canal in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A sugarcane worker found a newborn baby boy in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5. The worker heard a baby’s cry, prompting him to search for the origin of the noise. A NEWBORN baby boy was found in a sugarcane field in...
BACOLOD CITY – A dead newborn baby girl was found in a garbage dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5. LIFELESS - The body of a lifeless baby girl was found at a dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May...
BACOLOD CITY – Some residents in two barangays in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental were evacuated following a clash between the New People’s Army rebels and the government troops. DISPLACED residents in an evacuation center in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building will soon rise in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. TOWN and police officials along with fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo (right), Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, PRO-Western Visayas director, and Mayor Jose Nadie...
