BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Saturday, November 18. POLICE arrest a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Saturday, November 18. (Photo courtesy of...
CEBU CITY – At least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered as a result of the non-stop localized peace engagement of government forces in Negros Oriental, the Visayas Command (Viscom) said. Called as “friends rescued,” the surrenderers included five members of the Milisya ng...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recently welcomed 64 new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) in Negros Island. They are comprised of four former combatants and 60 dependents of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor died after he was electrocuted on the rooftop of the health center in Barangay Bato Proper, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. A SANGGUNIANG Kabataan (SK) councilor was electrocuted on the rooftop of the health center in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a son of a former lawman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. A SON of a former policeman was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November...
BACOLOD CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he was run over by a truck in Barangay Camalobalo, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. Police withheld the name of the victim, a resident of Barangay Calapi Proper. Police Executive Master Sgt. Loreto Perono, deputy chief of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company (Nocpmfc) turned over a newly constructed house to a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. POLICE Lt. Col. Edison Garcia (second from right), commander of...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was shot dead during a drinking spree in Barangay Cadiz Viejo, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. Police identified the fatality as Romel Francisco of Barangay Cadiz Viejo. Wounded was 18-year-old student Kervin Singson, also from Barangay Cadiz Viejo....
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will await on the go signal of the House of Representatives (HOR) as to when it will push through with the special elections for the vacant seat in Negros Oriental's 3rd legislative district. "This is entirely within their exclusive and original jurisdiction,"...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental dismantled a suspected drug den and arrested five individuals in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Friday, November 10. PDEA seizes 12 grams of suspected shabu worth P81,600 in a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Rep. Mercedes Alvarez has cited a native of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental for placing seventh in the November 2023 Pharmacist Licensure Examination. RALO “Another proud moment for the Chicks (Candoni, Hinobaan, Ilog, Cauayan, Kabankalan, and Sipalay)...
