BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has sought an investigation on the recent encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental where 19 New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed. Benitez has filed House Resolution No. 968 directing the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Candoni in Negros Occidental condemned the murder of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni this week. Mayor Ray Ruiz has directed the Candoni Municipal Police Station to conduct a thorough and urgent investigation on the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old Chinese national was stopped in a seaport in Barangay Mantaangan, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 28, after attempting to board a vessel bound for Ajuy, Iloilo without proper documents. Commodore Christopher Auro, commander of the Philippine Coast...
BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old girl was found dead in a sugarcane field in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said the victim was asked by her mother to buy ice on Sunday, April 26, in a sari-sari store in...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal council of Toboso in Negros Occidental has unanimously declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as persona non grata (unwelcome) in the northern Negros municipality. The declaration is stated in...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) disputed the military’s account of the April 19 operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental, saying only a small number of those killed were its fighters while the rest were civilians. In a statement, CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said only...
The Philippine Army (PA) said on Monday, April 27, that it is open to any investigation into its deadly encounter with the New People 's Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week where 19 individuals were killed. PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala brushed off claims that some of the...
Malacañang said the government will hold accountable anyone found liable for abuses in the recent military operation in Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead. In her press briefing on Monday, April 27, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said accountability...
Two American nationals were allegedly among the 19 people killed in an armed encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Saturday, April 25....
Amid the word war triggered by opposing claims on what really happened in Taboso, Negros Occidental, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has initiated an investigation to determine whose side is telling the truth on the circumstances that led to the death of 19 people on April 19. Various groups...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. lauded troops for its “successful” April 19 operation against communist rebels in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead even as a human rights group renewed calls for an independent probe into what it claimed...
Authorities dismantled an alleged illegal online cockfighting operation and arrested 30 persons in a private property in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 23. The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the location was allegedly being used for an...
