BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and his two companions and seized P489,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3, this city, on Wednesday, November 29. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the suspects as Jimmy Cordova, 31, and his two...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died and his two passengers were injured in a collision with a trailer truck loaded with sugarcane in Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 28. Police identified the fatality as Nilo Libo-on, 40, of Victorias City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched on Wednesday, November 29, the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in Silay City, Negros Occidental. DEPARTMENT of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (second from left) and guests pose with the steam...
BACOLOD CITY – Two women on their way home died after their motorcycle was rammed by a six-wheel truck in Barangay 21, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Friday, November 24. TWO women died after their motorcycle was rammed by a truck in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on November 24. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lirio, Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, November 26. AUTHORITIES arrested an alleged drug pusher and seized P102,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Six patrol bases of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) recently received P150,000 cash assistance from the local government of Murcia in Negros Occidental. MAYOR Gerry Rojas (fifth from right) turns over financial assistance of P25,000 each...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government in Negros Occidental recently unveiled a P6-million youth development center for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children at risk (CAR) in Barangay Lag-asan. HALFWAY House, a youth development center for children in conflict with the law...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito has rejected claims insinuating that he is causing the delay in the passage of the measure that seeks the creation of a Negros Island Region (NIR). Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito (Senate PRIB Photo) Ejercito, whose mother hails from Bacolod...
Japan has turned over P314 million-worth of agricultural equipment to sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental. In a ceremony held over the weekend, the Japanese Embassy in Manila joined in the inauguration of machinery for Bacolod City farmers that it offered under its non-project grant...
BACOLOD CITY – A man allegedly killed his two brothers in-law in Sitio Mantuhod, Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 15. POLICE cordon the area, where two brothers were found dead in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Saturday, November 18. POLICE arrest a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Saturday, November 18. (Photo courtesy of...
CEBU CITY – At least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered as a result of the non-stop localized peace engagement of government forces in Negros Oriental, the Visayas Command (Viscom) said. Called as “friends rescued,” the surrenderers included five members of the Milisya ng...
