BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a suspected drug pusher and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, on Friday, February 16. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested four...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental distributed cash gift amounting to P1.2 million to 41 nonagenarians and centenarians on Valentine’s Day. CENTENARIAN Estelita Alimpolos from Barangay Sicaba (seated on a wheelchair) was awarded P100,000 by the city government of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that razed four houses in Hacienda Josefa Una, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental before dawn on Saturday, February 17. Arson probers withheld the name of the fatality, a Grade 10 student. A 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire that...
BACOLOD CITY – A rescuer died in a motorcycle accident in Barangay 2, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Valentine’s Day. JARUYAN (Photo courtesy of Emergency Operation Center of Himamaylan Facebook) Police identified the victim as July Jaruyan, 37, of Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, and a...
Police arrested two wanted persons in Western Visayas in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Valentine's Day. A 19-year-old man was nabbed for three counts of rape in Barangay 4. Lawmen said the suspect, the fourth most wanted person, was arrested through a warrant and no bail was recommended for his...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-eight former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental received P270,000 financial and educational assistance on Valentine’s Day. MAYOR Raymund Tongson Jr. (center) leads the distribution of financial and educational aid to 38 former...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion assigned to Negros Occidental have been promoted to the next higher rank. Lt. Col. Arnel Calaoagan, 79th IB commander, led the donning and pinning of ranks of 59 enlisted personnel and three officers in a ceremony at their...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental is celebrating its 58th charter anniversary this month. MAYOR Nicholas Yulo (right) and Vice Mayor Ramon Torres (second from right), with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (second from left) and fourth district board member Andrew Martin Torres, lead the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was shot dead by his younger brother during a drinking spree in Purok Sunshine, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, February 11. A POLICE officer gathers details about a shooting incident in which a man was shot dead by his younger...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two minors wanted for rape in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Friday, February 9. Police Capt. Ar-jay Dangarang, Isabela police chief, said the two suspects aged 17 were nabbed in Barangay 4. Their arrest warrants were issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 63...
BACOLOD CITY – The husband of a barangay councilor was shot dead in Sitio Banquerohan, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 13. POLICE secure the area where the husband of a barangay councilor was gunned down in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Police caught three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Hacienda San Lucas, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 12. POLICE seized P4-million worth of suspected shabu from three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
