BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a college student in a buy-bust operation in Barangay II, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Monday, September 18. Police identified the suspect as Jayvee Porquez, 27, of Barangay II, tagged as the Top 8 drug personality in the city. Confiscated from the suspect...
CEBU CITY – The move to place Negros Oriental under Commission on Elections (Comelec) control in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections is a precautionary and proactive measure, Comelec-Central Visayas Director Lionel Marco Castillano said. Castillano said placing the province under...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a woman was retrieved on Sunday, September 17, two days after she drowned in a river in Sitio Kabalantianan, Barangay Amontay, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 15. Police identified the victim as Semme Olveros, 57, of Barangay Amontay....
The Sandiganbayan has convicted five persons involved in the misuse of the P9.6 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of the late Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Herminio G. Teves in 2007. Found guilty of graft and malversation of public funds were former Technology and Livelihood...
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old girl died after she drowned in a river beside her house in Sitio Tikoy-tikoy, Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 15. Police withheld the name of the victim. Police Major Nelson Amsiwen Jr., La Castellana police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) seized a temporary hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tunap, Barangay San Jose, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, following an encounter with at least 15 communist guerrillas on Saturday, September 16. The gun battle with...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 27 here on Friday, September 15. Police identified the suspect as Kent John Perez, 23, of Barangay 27. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 4, said that 20 grams of suspected shabu...
BACOLOD CITY – A elderly man was found dead in Hacienda Otilla, Barangay Efegenio, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 15. Police Major Wilfredo Benoman Jr., deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said the unidentified victim suffered a head injury but they could...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station has initiated a project that would ease the burden of stranded passengers at the airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station of the Philippine National Police-...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle mechanic was shot dead by a lone gunman in Sitio Talave, Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 13. POLICE respond to a shooting incident where a motorcycle mechanic was killed in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Property worth P3.5 million was lost in a poultry farm fire in Sitio Balogo, Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 14. A POULTRY farm was destroyed by a fire in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will be supplying additional 20 megawatts of renewable energy-based capacity to Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO), one of the biggest power distribution utilities in the Visayas region. In a statement to the media, First Gen noted that the supply of...
