BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old New People 's Army (NPA) militiaman wanted for the killing of an individual in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental three years ago was arrested in Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. Police served an arrest warrant for murder against Ben-Ben of...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental resumed their regular five-day work week, beginning Monday, May 11, and maintained the strict energy conservation protocols in all government offices and operations. Mayor Marina Javellana-Yao issued on Sunday, May 10, Executive Order (EO) No. 27,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez said Sunday that he will no longer push his resolution seeking a congressional inquiry on the April 19 clash between soldiers and communist rebels in Toboso, Negros Occidental where 19 individuals were killed. Benitez said...
BACOLOD CITY – The local governments of Toboso and Silay City in Negros Occidental are returning to a five-day work week starting Monday, May 11, after more than a month of implementing a four-day compressed work week as part of energy conservation measures. In a media interview, Toboso Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday reiterated his support for the Philippine Army, saying that the pursuit of the New People 's Army (NPA) remnants in Toboso town on April 19 was a legitimate military operation. The encounter in Barangay Salamanca led to the...
The government’s anti-insurgency task force on Friday, May 8, pushed back against claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a massacre, urging the public to wait for the full forensic and official investigation before making conclusions. In a statement, National Task...
VICTORIAS CITY, Negros Occidental – More employment opportunities are expected to open in Negros Occidental’s third district from the proposed P1-billion convention center and the expansion of the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez said. These projects were...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental will install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras on streets near the State University of Northern Negros (SUNN) to catch sexual harassers preying on students. Mayor Leo Rafael Cueva said on Wednesday, May 6, that the matter was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old farmer was allegedly shot dead by his stepson during an altercation in Purok Kapehan, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 6. Police said that the suspect, 21-year-old Jay-r, was drinking coffee inside their house when the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental advised the people and resort operators to exercise caution and awareness following a video uploaded on social media showing the reptile emerging from a toilet bowl in a resort in the town. In a statement...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old man died after he was struck in the head with a wooden stick embedded with nails by his neighbor in Sitio Agtatahor II, Barangay Macasilao, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2. Investigation said the victim Ed and the 19-year-old suspect Boy, a neighbor,...
