BACOLOD CITY – A fire destroyed the Marcelo Public Market in the upland part of Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, September 23. A FIRE razed a public market in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 23. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a newborn baby girl was found floating in an irrigation in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 22. A POLICEMAN checks an irrigation in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental, where a decomposing body of a newborn...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Bonifacio Kalye Onse, Barangay 2, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 22. A MAN (seated left) looks on after he was nabbed by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, Silay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops recovered the service firearm of a slain soldier following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said the government-issued .45 caliber pistol...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested a 51-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Tan Lorenzo St., Barangay 2, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 22. Police identified the suspect as Redeem Abadiano of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims were found in Purok Talutog, Barangay Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 22. Police Staff Sgt. Armando Arao Jr., Bago City police investigator, said that a duck raiser discovered the bodies in a grassy...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday, Sept. 22 that they are committed to re-establishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) by merging Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor. Photo from the Office of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri Zubiri met with the governors and vice...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division said the encounter on Thursday, September 21, in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, in which six New People’s Army rebels were killed, is a big blow to the communist guerrillas and brings them closer to becoming inconsequential. The military has...
BACOLOD CITY – Six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as alias...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man allegedly hacked his father to death in their house in Barangay Senora Ascion, San Jose, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, September 20. Police identified the victim as Jesus Gadiana Sr., 78. Investigation said the victim went home after a drinking session and a...
BACOLOD CITY – The police and military arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for carnapping in Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 20. Police identified the suspect as Joshua Rabor, alias “Jake,” 25, of Barangay Camalandaan, Cauayan. Rabor is a...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died and two others were injured in a collision with a truck in Puting Tubig, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 19. Police identified the fatality as Rogelio Ore Jr. of Barangay Bonifacio, Cadiz City. Injured were Mila...
