BACOLOD CITY – A University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman student was among the 19 persons killed in an encounter between the New People’s Army and the military in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. The fatality was identified as Alyssa Alano. The UP-Student...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) pushed back on claims circulating online that some, if not all, of the 19 suspected communist rebels who died in clashes with soldiers in Negros Occidental on April 19, were innocent civilians. For Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Louie G. Dema-ala, the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man linked to a large-scale investment scam was gunned down in Barangay 2, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 21. Police Lt. Col. Jovil Sedel, Hinigaran police chief, identified the victim as Henjie Cuadra. Sedel said Cuadra and Barangay 2 Kagawad Novem...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) has tightened security protocols following the death of 19 suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in Toboso, Negros Occidental, an official said Wednesday. NOrPPO spokesperson Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar said during a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson renewed his appeal to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms and return to the fold of the government and said that those who have already surrendered have been given opportunities for a fresh start. While the...
BACOLOD CITY – This year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan here earned P29.4 million from April 13 to 19. This was P12.8 million higher compared to last year with only P16.6 million. The highest sales were recorded on Saturday and Sunday, with...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has seized P138.5 million in smuggled cigarettes in two weeks in Negros Island. PRO-NIR chief Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay vowed to sustain aggressive enforcement and strengthen their operational posture against...
The Philippine Army (PA) will sustain its campaign against communist insurgents despite a series of deadly encounters in Negros Occidental that left 19 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members dead, its chief said Monday, April 20. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarette, PA commanding general, mourned the...
BACOLOD CITY – Government troops finally neutralized a notorious New People’s Army hitman after a four-year manhunt in Toboso, Negros Occidental. Roger Fabillar – alias Jhong and Arnel Tapang – was killed in an encounter Sunday in Barangay Salamanca. Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of...
Nineteen suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a series of encounters with government troops in Toboso, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army (PA) confirmed on Monday, April 20. The clashes involved troops from the 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – Around 366 individuals were affected by the encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Sinugmawan, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. 1st Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th IB civil-military operations officer,...
BACOLOD CITY – Jamaicah Bantigue, a 20-year-old psychology student from Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) in Negros Occidental, bagged the municipality’s first-ever Pearl Queen crown in the Lin-ay sang Negros pageant during the 30th Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium in...
