BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old girl was found dead in a sugarcane field in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said the victim was asked by her mother to buy ice on Sunday, April 26, in a sari-sari store in...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal council of Toboso in Negros Occidental has unanimously declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as persona non grata (unwelcome) in the northern Negros municipality. The declaration is stated in...
A Catholic bishop on Tuesday, April 28 called for an independent investigation into the deadly weekend clash in Toboso, Negros Occidental, saying key questions remain unanswered amid conflicting accounts from authorities and rights groups. Nineteen people were killed on April 19 in an encounter...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) disputed the military’s account of the April 19 operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental, saying only a small number of those killed were its fighters while the rest were civilians. In a statement, CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said only...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has expressed sorrow over the deaths of two of its students who were killed, along with 17 others, during a military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week. The university identified the students as Alyssa Alano and Maureen Santuyo in a statement...
The Philippine Army (PA) said on Monday, April 27, that it is open to any investigation into its deadly encounter with the New People 's Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week where 19 individuals were killed. PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala brushed off claims that some of the...
Malacañang said the government will hold accountable anyone found liable for abuses in the recent military operation in Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead. In her press briefing on Monday, April 27, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said accountability...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said they are investigating a police officer assigned to this highly-urbanized city for allegedly protecting cigarette smuggling in Negros Island. Interior and Local Government...
Two American nationals were allegedly among the 19 people killed in an armed encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Saturday, April 25....
Amid the word war triggered by opposing claims on what really happened in Taboso, Negros Occidental, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has initiated an investigation to determine whose side is telling the truth on the circumstances that led to the death of 19 people on April 19. Various groups...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. lauded troops for its “successful” April 19 operation against communist rebels in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead even as a human rights group renewed calls for an independent probe into what it claimed...
Authorities dismantled an alleged illegal online cockfighting operation and arrested 30 persons in a private property in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 23. The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the location was allegedly being used for an...
