BACOLOD CITY – The body of a man believed to be a victim of “salvage” or summary execution was discovered in a sack in Barangay Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 31. Major Joeil Reclamado, Murcia police chief, said the sack was dumped in a concrete pipe where human skeletons...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman and two civilians were dead, while three others, including two police officers, were wounded following a commotion outside a restobar in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 31. The fatalities were identified as Corporal Gabby Castillo, a...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Government operatives have seized personal items belonging to suspects in the March 4 murder of Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others in a sugar mill compound in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday evening, March 30, the Joint Task Force Negros (JTFN) said. The...
BACOLOD CITY – A mother and her eldest son were gunned down while her eight-year-old son was wounded in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. Police identified the fatalities as Sherly Española, 50, and her 20-year-old son Jason. Lt. Abegael Donasco,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental vowed full cooperation with authorities investigating a 62-year-old priest who allegedly raped minor church choir member in Sagay City. Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said that they will provide the needed information openly and honestly...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men on a motorcycle were gunned down in Sitio Galo, Barangay 5, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. The victims were identified as Randy Macasa, 51, and Stephen Limen, 39, residents of San Enrique, Negros Occidental. Capt. Ar-jay Dangarang, Isabela police...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 3,500 people, including former members of the New People’s Army (NPA), joined a series of indignation rallies in Negros island on Wednesday, March 29, to press for an end to the atrocities of the New People’s Army. The rallies coincided with the NPA’s 54th founding...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) owned up the killing of a watchman at Sitio Tibobong, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 28. Ka JB Regalado, spokesperson of Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC)-NPA Central Negros Guerilla Front, said that Marvin...
BACOLOD CITY – Five former New People’s Army (NPA) couples tied the knot in a mass wedding initiated by the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) at their headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, March 28. According to the Army, these couples were former members of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has named himself as the legislative caretaker of Negros Oriental's 3rd district, which is the district of controversial Congressman Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. This was made effective through House of Representative Memorandum Order No. 19-017, dated March 23, 2023....
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has inaugurated two bridge projects in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Opened were the P62.8-million Himoga-an Bridge III in Barangay Puey and the P76.2-million Himoga-an Bridge in Barangay Bato. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson inaugurated two bridge projects in...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) have seized an assault rifle with a sniper scope, three magazines, and thousands of bullets in the premises of a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province....
