DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – At least 192 people, including young children, suffered from gastroenteritis symptoms while a fifth death has been reported in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, a health official said on Thursday, Feb. 9. Acting Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Liland Estacion said in...
BACOLOD CITY -- A former drug offender was arrested anew after he allegedly yielded more than one kilo of shabu worth P6.9 million during a buy-bust operation at Sitio Canday-ong, Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have identified the three casualties believed to be New People’s Army (NPA) in a clash in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of Negros Occidental police, said the first casualty that was identified was Jomarie...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons who were tagged as behind the killing of the younger brother of Valencia town Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. in Negros Oriental were arrested on Monday, Feb. 6. Valencia police chief Major Roger Quijano said over an interview with Radyo Bandera 97.7 Sweet FM Dumaguete...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the death of the younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. THE body of Don Paulo Teves, younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., was found wrapped in a plastic bag and a blanket in Barangay Calayugan, Valencia...
BACOLOD CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) who is wanted for two crimes in Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental was arrested on Friday, Feb. 3. The NPA rebel was identified as Remark Kisan, 27, of Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City. According to the police, Kisan...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons, including a child, were found dead at Sitio Buyong, Barangay Cabia-an, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 4. The victims were identified as Analie Emaray, 44, of Barangay Cabia-an, and Edmund Castro, 45, and his nine-year-old son, both residents of...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals were displaced following two separate clashes involving members of the New People’s Army and government forces in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. Three NPA members were killed in the two clashes. City Mayor Benjie...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine persons were rescued after they were sighted by fishermen floating in the waters off Barangays Tomongtong and Gahit in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 4. Chief Petty Officer James Comeros, sub-station commander of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Victorias,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two drug pushers were arrested and 26 grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. TWENTY-six grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized from two individuals in a...
BACOLOD CITY – Two teenage cousins died after their motorcycle crashed into a parked truck loaded with sugarcane pulp in Hacienda Baga-as, Barangay Efigenio, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. Police identified the victims as Nataniel Conde, 18, and Alvin Bendoy, 19, residents of...
BACOLOD CITY - A top military official in the Visayas has directed the Army in Negros island to step up their operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) to prevent them from doing more atrocities. Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) and acting commander of...
