BACOLOD CITY – A vendor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in San Juan Baybay, Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 15. Sixteen grams of suspected shabu worth P108,000 were seized by the police from the suspect, Abdul Wahed Dirindigon, 25, of Barangay 6. Police Lt....
BACOLOD CITY – A person under police custody (PUPC) died from a stroke at the custodial facility of the Himamaylan City Police Station in Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 16. Police Lt. Col. Reynante Jomocan, Himamaylan police chief, identified the victim as Arthur James Vargas, 37, of...
BACOLOD CITY – A man who ran amuck died after he was shot by a barangay official who tried to pacify him in Sitio Montello, Barangay Pinggot, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13. Police identified the fatality as Oscar Carollo, 35, of Barangay Villasol, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental....
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-two couples got married in a “Kasalang Bayan” or mass wedding in Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13. Mayor Narciso Javelosa administered the wedding which was held in time with the Talabahan Festival in Barangay Bulanon. Wilfredo...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and shabu worth P306,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13. Police identified the suspect as Ricky Tocaste, 33, of Barangay General Luna and a high-value...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue seized 252 cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P4 million in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13....
BACOLOD CITY – A man died and four others were injured after their motorcycles collided in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 12. Police Capt. Gina Fernandez, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, identified the fatality as Rogelio Danao of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of P5.8-million worth of assistance were recently given to 1,165 farmer-beneficiaries in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. A TOTAL of 1,165 farmer-beneficiaries receive P5.8 million worth of assistance from the Department of Agriculture in La Castellana, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sagay City government distributed pigs and free-range chicken to farmers and graduates of the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBRP) on Tuesday, July 11, amid the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) and hog cholera that affected some parts of the province. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Two children drowned in a river in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10. Police withheld the name of the victims aged five and six. Police Major Joseph Partidas, Ilog police chief, said the incident was only reported to them on Tuesday, July 11....
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 30 grams of suspected shabu worth P204,000 from a 21-year-old college student in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 11. A COLLEGE student was arrested and P204,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple and seized 25 grams of suspected shabu valued at P170,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10. Suspects were identified as John Herwin Castro, 30, and his live-in partner Princess Ditchella, 29,...
