The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
TWO cellular phones worth P130,000 owned by the vice mayor of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental were stolen and recovered from three persons arrested in Himamaylan City Tuesday, August 2, through GPS technology. (Photo courtesy of the Kabankalan City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Three persons...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Monday, August 1, that it has finished paving a a 3.5-kilometer coastal road in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental which is expected to facilitate better access to various white sand beaches and other potential tourist destinations. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY - A wanted person believed to be connected with the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested at Purok 6, Maote, Barangay Bulwangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 28. Joint personnel the police and the Philippine Army served an arrest warrant for attempted murder against...
MATERIALS recovered in Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental following a clash between the NPA and the 62nd IB that resulted in the death of three communist guerrillas Tuesday, July 26. (Photo courtesy of the 3rd ID) BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade maintained Thursday,...
BACOLOD CITY -- A 60-year-old man died while his 17-year-old helper was injured after they were struck by a lightning in Purok Dalia, Barangay Puey, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 26. The family of a minor talks to a police officer in a hospital, after the teenager was wounded due...
THE house allegedly being used as a hideout by the NPA in Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) BACOLOD CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Natuling, Barangay...
A GRADED demonstration of the readiness of Negros Occidental police personnel to execute defensive actions in case of enemy attacks was held as a form of simulation exercise during the evaluation and validation of the PNP headquarters in selecting the best police provincial office in the country....
CEBU CITY – Hundreds are expected to take part in the DIVE7 Festival that the municipalities of Zamboanguita and Dauin in Negros Oriental will host from July 28 to 31. Organized by the Department of Tourism-Central Visayas (DOT 7), the DIVE7 Festival is expected to draw local and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized more than one kilo of suspected shabu valued at P7.1 million from two women in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental Friday, July 22. MORE than one kilo of suspected shabu worth P7.1 million were seized from two women in a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of Escalante City Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policeman with a pending drug case was gunned down by three unidentified gunmen in a coffee shop in Purok 2, Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental Friday, July 22. A POLICEMAN secures the coffee shop in Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental where a former...
