BACOLOD CITY - A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was found dead, following an encounter with troops of the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Calambia, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, August 17. The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) identified the fatality as...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that social protection services remain accessible, responsive, and inclusive, particularly for beneficiaries who are unable to travel to designated payout...
BACOLOD CITY - Police Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, director of Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) marked his first 100 days of leadership with intensified law enforcement operations against illegal drugs and cigarette smuggling resulting to P211.5 million seizure, and 11.83...
BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Greg Gasataya has demanded accountability and full transparency over the alleged game-fixing incident involving Bacolod MassKara and the Bulacan Kuyas in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) game on July 28. The mayor welcomed the MPBL’s decision to permanently...
BACOLOD CITY - Authorities seized P5.3 million worth of suspected shabu from three individuals, including a virtual assistant and a teenager in weekend drug bust operations in Negros Occidental. A 21-year-old virtual assistant was arrested in Barangay 12 here on Sunday, August 16, with 350 grams of...
BACOLOD CITY - The City Veterinary Office (CVO) here is investigating a recent report about a homeless pregnant dog that was reportedly hit hard with a wooden stick in Barangay Tangub. The CVO met with the barangay council led by Captain Noli Villarosa on Saturday, August 15, to establish the facts...
BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) served an arrest warrant for rebellion or insurrection against a 57-year-old woman linked to a 2019 encounter between the New People 's Army (NPA) rebels and government forces in Negros Oriental. Personnel of the Manjuyod...
BACOLOD CITY - This highly-urbanized city has opted for a simple celebration of this year’s Rum Festival on Saturday, August 15, while the sugar industry is battling Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) infestation. Mayor Greg Gasataya said the city government decided to scale down the...
BACOLOD CITY - A 16-year-old Grade 11 student who reportedly punched and injured a policeman with a brass knuckle, surrendered to the authorities hours after the incident happened outside a public high school in Barangay Granada here on Friday, August 14. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY - The Land Transportation Office–Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) arrested two alleged fixers during an entrapment operation targeting a shop reportedly involved in producing fake driver’s licenses and other government documents in downtown here on Friday, August 14. LTO-NIR Director...
BACOLOD CITY - A 40-year-old policeman was injured after he was allegedly punched with a brass knuckle by a high school student whom he had reprimanded for skateboarding along a road outside a public school in Barangay Granada here on Friday, August 14. Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY - A total of 125 sacks of counterfeit seasoning worth P1.2 million that were abandoned in a courier firm were surrendered to authorities in Barangay 26 here on Friday, August 14. Police Major Christopher Dulagan, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod,...
