BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old farmer was gunned down by a father and son during a drinking session in Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, Aug. 30. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police chief, said the victim Ronald was having a drinking session with the...
The country’s longest-running provincial trade fair is entering a new chapter. The Negros Trade Fair (NTF), now on its 39th year, officially launched its milestone edition today with the theme “Himbon”—a Hiligaynon word meaning “to gather.” For the first time in nearly four decades,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old former communist rebel linked to an ambush where two police officers and a teenage bystander were wounded in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental three years ago was recently apprehended in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Alias Jim was arrested in Barangay Carabalan...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology–Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) is investigating how a cellphone was smuggled into the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a video allegedly filmed by a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) during a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man is back in jail for the third time after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation where P6.8 million worth of suspected shabu was recovered in Barangay Sulodpan, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Aug. 27. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of Police Regional...
ILOILO CITY — Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said construction of the bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros in the Visayas might start in 2026. “We hope the start of the project is one year from now,” said Drilon on Friday, Aug. 29, at the general membership...
BACOLOD CITY – Two more suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims turned up in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday. These fresh batch of bodies were found in Barangay Dos Hermanas, two weeks after three were discovered in Barangays Concepcion and Matab-ang on Aug. 11. An initial...
President Marcos has condemned the shooting of a contractor in Negros Oriental, saying it must be thoroughly investigated. "Tama lang po na imbestigahan iyan para malaman natin ang puno’t dulo nila at kinukondena natin ang mga karahasan na ito – iyan ay ayon sa Pangulo (It is only right that...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) has designated Jail Senior Insp. Raymund Aro as officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) staged an eight-hour...
BACOLOD CITY – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City held a noise barrage on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, calling for the ouster of jail warden Jail Chief Insp. Crisyrel Awe due to unfair treatment. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven...
CEBU CITY – An engineer was shot and wounded on a highway in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27. The victim was identified as Engr. Angelito Uy Mendoza, a 58-year-old resident of Barangay Manalongon, Santa Catalina. Police said the victim was a contractor...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region has reinforced security at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a gun was thrown over wall of the facility on Sunday, Aug. 24. In a statement released Tuesday, Aug. 26, Jail...
