BACOLOD CITY – A 71-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) amazon surrendered in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Monday, January 22. MAP of Negros Occidental with the town of La Castellana highlighted. In a press briefing on Tuesday, January 23, Police Major Rhojn Darell Nigos, spokesperson...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old driver tagged as the No. 1 drug personality in Talisay City, Negros Occidental was arrested by the police on Saturday, January 20. TALISAY City’s No. 1 drug personality was nabbed in Barangay Zone 10, Talisay City, on Saturday, January 20. (Photo courtesy of Talisay...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for frustrated murder was arrested in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, January 21. A WANTED communist fighter was nabbed for frustrated murder in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. The police...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested the fourth most wanted person in Los Baños, Laguna in Sitio Mambucano, Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, January 19. THE fourth most wanted person in Los Baños, Laguna was nabbed by the police in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City,...
BACOLOD CITY – The military recovered the service firearm of a slain soldier in 2020 in an encounter on January 17 in Hacienda Gomez, Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. A .45 caliber pistol owned by a slain soldier was recovered in a clash with NPA rebels in Barangay Sag-ang, La...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental reported fewer crimes last year compared to 2022. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said 4,352 crimes were recorded in 2023, down 129 from 4,481 in 2022. NOCCPO (Glazyl Masculino) Index crimes or crimes against person or...
BACOLOD CITY – Negrense endurance athlete Rolando Espina Jr., who is based in Ireland, has organized a run-for-a-cause on Negros Island to give hope to children suffering from cancer. The event dubbed “Hope for Kids with Cancer” will kick off in this city at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 20....
BACOLOD CITY – Ten families composed of 50 individuals have been affected by the encounter where two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in Hacienda Gomez, Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, January 17. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, head of the Division Public...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with soldiers in Sitio Sug-ong, Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday, January 18. ONE communist rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – A grass fire hit a part of a 10-hectare sugarcane field in Hacienda Constancia, Barangay 5, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, January 15. A FIRE hits a portion of a large sugarcane field in Isabela, Negros Occidental on January 15. Fire Officer 1 Alfonso de Los Sañez,...
BACOLOD CITY – A man drowned in a river in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, January 14. A 25-year-old drowned in a river in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, January 14. His body was found two days later. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers in Hacienda Gomez, Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, January 17. The Army 62nd Infantry Battalion has yet to identify the casualties. TROOPS recover an AR15 rifle, a homemade...
