BACOLOD CITY – Four suspected smugglers were arrested and several boxes of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Negros Occidental in Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 9. A MOTORBANCA loaded with 150 boxes of smuggled cigarettes from...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier died after his motorcycle collided with a Ceres Liner bus in Crossing Ambush, Barangay Manalad, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 6. A SOLDIER died in a collision in Ilog, Negros Occidental on July 6. (Ilog MPS) The victim was identified as Private First Class...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested a farmer tagged as Western Visayas’ No. 4 most wanted person in Barangay 1, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 24. The suspect, 65-year-old Junior Villandro of Barangay Tabu, was wanted for murder and his warrant of arrest was issued by the Regional Trial...
BACOLOD CITY – Two senior high school student-athletes died after their motorcycle crashed into a truck loaded with sugarcane in Hacienda Pangarap, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 15. The fatalities, whose names were withheld, were Grade 11 students aged 16 and 17....
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old man was hacked dead by his drinking buddy due to a misunderstanding in Sitio Kanyabaka, Purok Old Pinggot, Barangay Pinggot, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Thursday, January 25. Police identified the victim as Bonie Cordova of Barangay Canlamay, Ilog. A MAN hacked dead by...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman was buried alive under tons of sugarcane when a 14-wheel truck fell on its side in Sitio Cabcab, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 29. A 14-WHEEL truck loaded with sugarcane fell on its side and killed a woman in Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A man who ran amuck died after he was shot by a barangay official who tried to pacify him in Sitio Montello, Barangay Pinggot, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13. Police identified the fatality as Oscar Carollo, 35, of Barangay Villasol, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental....
BACOLOD CITY – Two children drowned in a river in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10. Police withheld the name of the victims aged five and six. Police Major Joseph Partidas, Ilog police chief, said the incident was only reported to them on Tuesday, July 11....
BACOLOD CITY – A former barangay official and her younger brother were arrested by police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, June 23. A FORMER barangay kagawad and her younger brother were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Galicia, Ilog,...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has claimed responsibility for the killing of two men in Negros Occidental recently. Police identified the victims as farmer Silas Granada, 65, of Barangay Pinggot, Ilog municipality, and Jose Rammel Europa, 47, of Barangay Camandag, La Castellana...
DAGUPAN CITY – Illegal fishpens here are set for demolition following a series of meetings between barangay captains of coastal barangays and Bantay Ilog, a task force created to safeguard the environment. The meetings were witnessed by Mayor Belen Fernandez here. The barangay captains and...
RESCUERS retrieve Wednesday, July 6, the body of boxer Robert ‘Toto’ Landero on the Tabla River in Barangay Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Cris Gonzales Gelasan) BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old boxer drowned while crossing the Tabla River between the boundaries of...