BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental has banned government officials and employees from creating social media content during office hours and within all local government unit (LGU) premises. In a memorandum issued on Dec. 4, Mayor Richard Jaojoco said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) vowed justice over the death of a policeman who went missing during an encounter with an armed group in Barangay Menchaca, Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province on Sunday, Dec. 7. Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel...
BACOLOD CITY – A 63-year-old man was arrested in Barangay Makiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental for allegedly raping a minor. The suspect, a resident of Barangay Lacaron, Valladolid, Negros Occidental, was wanted for 17 counts of statutory rape and 23 counts of acts of lasciviousness. He was...
BACOLOD CITY - A 67-year-old farmer was allegedly hacked to death by his 41-year-old neighbor in Barangay San Rafael, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday. Police said the victim was sitting inside his house when the suspect entered and suddenly attacked him. The suspect was believed to be...
BACOLOD CITY – A 16-year-old boy was killed and his 25-year-old uncle was injured after their motorcycle rammed a road sign and a bakeshop in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Thursday night, Dec. 4. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said the victims were on their...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested four men wanted for allegedly raping a minor in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said that the suspects – a 22-year-old roll-up installer, the eighth most wanted person in the region, and his three...
An unidentified man was found dead inside a car parked in Barangay Efigenio Lizares, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Police Major Rhazl Jim Jocson, deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said the victim was wearing red shorts, had no upper garment, and estimated to be...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old businessman died and an 18-year-old senior high school student was injured after a Ceres Liner bus struck them in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 30. Police Major Randy Babor, Ilog police chief, said the bus was traveling from...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer was killed when his motorcycle hit a truck parked in front of a memorial park in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 30. The victim was a 32-year-old patrolman from the Maritime Police and a resident of Barangay Puso, La Castellana,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police declared that the “Trillion Peso March 2.0” protest in Negros Island on Sunday, Nov. 30, was generally peaceful. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), said that all rallyists peacefully dispersed late...
BACOLOD CITY – An estimated 1,300 people from Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, gathered here on Sunday, Nov. 30, for the nationwide protest against corruption that coincided with Bonifacio Day. Clad in white, students, priests, private individuals, and various stakeholders...
SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) announced that 1,020 or 75.38 percent of the region’s 1,353 barangays are drug-cleared as of October. Siquijor, comprising 134 barangays, is 100 percent drug-cleared, with 107 cleared, 27...
