BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde), vowed to continue pursuing the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Negros. Edralin made the declaration after troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) clashed with NPA rebels in...
BACOLOD CITY – Another dead infant was found on Saturday, May 6, this time under a bridge in Hacienda Malisbog 2, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental. A POLICEMAN checks the decomposing body of an infant who was found under a bridge in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifteen persons were injured after the passenger jeepney they were riding plunged into a canal in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 4. A PASSENGER jeepney lies on its side after it fell into a canal in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A sugarcane worker found a newborn baby boy in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5. The worker heard a baby’s cry, prompting him to search for the origin of the noise. A NEWBORN baby boy was found in a sugarcane field in...
BACOLOD CITY – A dead newborn baby girl was found in a garbage dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5. LIFELESS - The body of a lifeless baby girl was found at a dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May...
BACOLOD CITY – Some residents in two barangays in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental were evacuated following a clash between the New People’s Army rebels and the government troops. DISPLACED residents in an evacuation center in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building will soon rise in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. TOWN and police officials along with fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo (right), Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, PRO-Western Visayas director, and Mayor Jose Nadie...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes here and in some parts of Negros Occidental were suspended on Thursday, May 4, due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone and low-pressure area (LPA). AN area in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental was flooded early this week following torrential...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen filed homicide charges against a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed to death a young man and injured two others in a covered court in Barangay Caduha-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. Police Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said a...
BACOLOD CITY – A two-year-old boy died after he fell into a water well in Hacienda Ledesma, Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 1. The name of the minor victim was withheld. A POLICE officer points to a water well in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over P100,000 in financial assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. TEN former NPA rebels receive P100,00 financial assistance from the...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was found dead in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 29, a day after he was allegedly stabbed by his elder brother over a misunderstanding on Friday, April 28. Police identified the victim as Ronnie Enriquez, 35. POLICEMEN check a crime...
