BACOLOD CITY – Two minors were dead while three others were wounded after a Prime Mover truck crashed into a tricycle parked at Purok Singbinco, Barangay Plaridel, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 8. TWO minors were killed while three other individuals were injured after a...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman died while seven others, including a Chinese national, were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a tricycle in Barangay 21, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 8. A WOMAN died while seven others, including a Chinese national, were...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was wounded during a military troops’ clash with the remnants of Northern Negros Front (NNF) of the New People’s Army (NPA) at Sitio Seraje, Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 6. BRIG. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) opened a newly constructed halfway house for rebel returnees in Negros Oriental on Monday, April 3. The turnover was led by DILG-Central Visayas Director Leocadio Trovela, Undersecretary Angelito de Leon, Balik Loob Task...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen seized 70 grams of suspected shabu worth P476,000 from a former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 14, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 3. THE inventory of the 70 grams of suspected shabu worth P476,000 seized from a...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes were suspended at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Barangay Zone 12, Talisay City, Negros Occidentalafter one of their students was caught with an explosive inside the school’s premises on Tuesday, April 4. Policemen arrested Bronson Lucas Lacson, 21, of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) combatants surrendered to the Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental during the NPA’s 54th founding anniversary on March 29. Col. Orlando Edralin, commander of Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde), lauded the former NPA rebels for their bravery and...
BACOLOD CITY – A former drug surrenderer was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Police confiscated 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 from Ricky Arquibel, 42, of Barangay Consing. Major Kenneth Gratones, E.B....
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental will soon have its own public hospital. Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Manguilimutan, Department of Health (DOH)-Western Visayas Director Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Negros Occidental Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, and Uswag Ilonggo party-list...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he collided with a tricycle in Purok Mahirup, Barangay Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Police identified the fatality as Rolando Suello, 48, of Barangay Mansilingan here. A MOTORCYCLE rider died in a collision with a...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman and former councilor was robbed of more than P1-million in jewelry and cash in his house in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said the 59-year-old victim left his house on March 31 for a...
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...
