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...
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...
