BACOLOD CITY – A criminology graduate was killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 26. The victim was identified as Mike Ellouise Vallejo, 23, of San Enrique, Negros Occidental. Capt. Leonel Adolacion, deputy chief of the Hinigaran...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have seized more firearms and ammunition in another search on the premises of a sugar mill in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sunday night, March 26. A media release issued on Monday, March 27, by the...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Law enforcers are looking at possible “terrorist-related” activities in Negros Oriental following the confiscation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and components during a series of raids at a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town over the weekend. Col. Thomas...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs can start its independent probe into the series of political killings happening in the country, including that of the case of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, chairman of the said panel, made this...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman was injured after she was allegedly hit in the head with a hammer by her elderly live-in partner due to jealousy in their house in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 22. THIS hammer was used by an elderly man to hit his live-in partner in...
CEBU CITY – Several firearms were seized when operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) raided the property of former Negros Oriental Governor Henry Pryde Teves on Friday dawn, March 24. SEVERAL firearms and bullets are seized during a raid in a compound owned by...
BACOLOD CITY -- Col. Reynaldo Lizardo, Negros Oriental police chief, was relieved from his post effective March 22. LIZARDO (PNA photo) Lizardo was relieved almost three weeks after Gov. Roel Degamo, along with eight others, was killed and 17 others were wounded in his residence in Pamplona town....
BACOLOD CITY – Two motorcycle riders were dead while one was wounded after they figured in a collision with a panel van loaded with parcels at Sitio Nabutahan, Brgy. Quezon, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 21. TWO persons were killed while another was wounded after their...
BACOLOD CITY – A flower vendor was arrested for allegedly cultivating marijuana plants at Purok Catugasan 1, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 22. POLICEMEN recovered 125 grams of suspected dried marijuana leaves worth P15,000 from a flower vendor in Barangay Minoyan,...
BACOLOD CITY – A former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) wanted for robbery was arrested in Barangay Yao-yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 21. Policemen served an arrest warrant against Jayson Provedencia, 23, an alleged former member of Platoon 3 of South West Front (SWF)....
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old driver was fatally struck by his truck loaded with sand in Barangay Villamonte here on Monday, March 20. Police identified the victim as Ernie Alegia, 46, of Murcia, Negros Occidental. Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 4, said that Alegia disembarked from...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were injured when their truck loaded with onions plunged into a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 20. RESPONDERS provide assistance to seven persons injured after a truck loaded with onions plunged into a...