BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Agriculture gave away cash cards to 1,098 rice farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental to help them defray the high cost of fertilizers. The City Agriculture Office released the cash cards with P5,000 worth of financial assistance to the recipients during the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A woman died while her younger brother was injured after their motorcycle collided with a sedan in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 7. Jennelyn Torno, 32, of Barangay Minoyan died in the accident while her younger brother, Josie Torno Jr., 29, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops of the Philippine Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) and policemen discovered a cache of firearms and ammunition hidden by New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Bandol, Barangay Maaslob, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 8. MILITARY troopers discovered arms cache...
BACOLOD CITY – A 63-year-old man died after his motorcycle collided with a truck in Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6....
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) reported that 167 families or 765 individuals were evacuated following a series of clashes between the New People’s Army and the military in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 7. Capt. Mervin Rosal, civil...
BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old boy died after he drowned in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6. Police withheld the name of the minor victim. According to Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, the victim and his 11-year-old friend were...
BACOLOD CITY – A biker died after he was hit by a motorcycle and ran over by a pickup truck in Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, Bago police chief, said the victim was identified by his family on Friday, July 7, as Kevin Casabuena,...
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a series of clashes with government forces in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 7. The military has yet to identify the slain rebel as of posting time. Based on the report of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government revoked the business permit and closed a junk shop on Mabini St., Barangay 25 here on Thursday, July 6, after the establishment yielded P14.7-million worth of stolen batteries owned by two telecommunications companies on June 29. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
BACOLOD CITY – A juvenile hawksbill sea turtle rescued after it accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook last month was released back to the sea in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 4. On June 7, a fisherman from Barangay Manta-angan, E.B. Magalona, caught the young sea turtle...
BACOLOD CITY – Two casual government employees assigned as watchmen in an elementary school were arrested after they were found possessing 13 grams of suspected shabu worth P88,400 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6. THIRTEEN grams of...
BACOLOD CITY – The man found dead beside a sugarcane field in Barangay Tortosa, Manapla, Negros Occidental on July 1 has been identified. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Manapla police chief, said the victim was identified by his live-in partner as Reynald Quiatchon, 30, of Barangay Taculing here....
