”Napapadalas na ah (It's becoming commonplace). Enough is enough!" Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. had this to say Saturday, March 4, of the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Degamo and his aides were shot inside the...
The proposal to create the Negros Island Region (NIR) in the Visayas has moved one step closer to fruition. (Wikipedia) This, after the House of Representatives approved on second reading 15 individual bills calling for the creation of the NIR during plenary session Wednesday night, March 1. Passed...
BACOLOD CITY -- A centenarian from E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental received another P100,000 cash incentive, this time from the Department of Social Welfare and Develoment (DSWD). Herminigilda Barredo-Donasco, a widow and resident of Barangay Damgo, turned 100 years old on April 18, 2022. Aside...
SUSPECTED shabu worth P88,400 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hawaian, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 20. (Photo courtesy of Silay City Police Station)  BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a man and his nephew and seized 13 grams of suspected shabu valued at...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities destroyed 72 motorcycle open pipe mufflers that were confiscated in the past three weeks in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. Municipal officials led by Mayor Marvin Malacon witnessed the destruction of the open pipe mufflers in front of the municipal hall on...
CEBU CITY – Police should not be complacent and must be alert at all times when responding to alarms. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) issued this reminder after a policeman and a member of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology were fatally shot while responding to an alarm...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested 23-year-old suspected drug pusher and seized 216 grams of shabu valued at P1,469,276 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 20. A YOUNG man was arrested and yielded suspected shabu worth P1.4 million in a...
ELEVEN former NPA rebels and 14 CAA members complete their 45-day training on Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) National Certificate 1 at the 94th IB headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Friday, Feb. 17. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB) BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen said they already have a person of interest who may be behind the killing of a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) who was shot dead during a fiesta celebration in Barangay Guinpanaan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 19. The...
BACOLOD CITY -- Fifteen New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the authorities at the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Saturday, Feb. 18. According to the police, the rebel returnees were members of Sentro De...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old sugarcane planter was robbed of P500,000 and gunned down in Hacienda Taborda, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, Feb. 17. POLICE cordon the area in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental where a sugarcane planter was robbed and...
