BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) reported that 122 families composed of 441 individuals were evacuated following a clash between government forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Dangalon, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 11....
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released cash assistance from their social pension program to 2,159 indigent senior citizens in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental last week. A TOTAL of 2,159 indigent senior citizens in E.B. Magalona, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 11 student was arrested after he was caught with dried marijuana leaves inside his classroom at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Barangay 12, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 10. THE suspected dried marijuana leaves and an improvised pipe...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old man who was the subject of a buy-bust operation for selling shabu was also found to have some marijuana plants in his backyard at Hacienda Lonoy, Barangay Hawaiian, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 11. SOME suspected marijuana plants were discovered by...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was hacked to death by his friend allegedly due to his hidden desire on the latter’s wife in Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental. POLICEMEN cordon the area where a man was found dead in Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 8. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he was hit by a container van on Purok Langka Road, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 6. A MOTORCYCLE rider died after he was hit by a container van that detached from a trailer truck in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay...
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,...