DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) has been created to investigate the death of a Danish national who was killed along with his wife and another female shortly after they were released from detention in Valencia, Negros Oriental last week. Col. Reynaldo Lizardo,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two of the three suspects in the killing of Don Paulo Teves, brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., and another individual were shot dead late Wednesday night, Feb. 8, hours after they were released from detention. The victims were identified as Tim Moerch, 45,...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – At least 192 people, including young children, suffered from gastroenteritis symptoms while a fifth death has been reported in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, a health official said on Thursday, Feb. 9. Acting Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Liland Estacion said in...
BACOLOD CITY -- A former drug offender was arrested anew after he allegedly yielded more than one kilo of shabu worth P6.9 million during a buy-bust operation at Sitio Canday-ong, Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons who were tagged as behind the killing of the younger brother of Valencia town Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. in Negros Oriental were arrested on Monday, Feb. 6. Valencia police chief Major Roger Quijano said over an interview with Radyo Bandera 97.7 Sweet FM Dumaguete...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the death of the younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. THE body of Don Paulo Teves, younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., was found wrapped in a plastic bag and a blanket in Barangay Calayugan, Valencia...
BACOLOD CITY – A family of three was massacred in Barangay Najandig in Zamboanguita town, Negros Oriental, with the local police still searching for possible suspects in the gruesome crime on Wednesday (Dec. 21). The Negros Oriental police condemned the killing of the Catalonia family, namely,...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and 125 grams of shabu valued at P850,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Dec. 15. The Police Regional Office 7 identified the suspect as Charlito Lado Jr., 40, of Barangay Tugas, Tanjay City. Also...
Police Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office 7, has vowed to uphold the principles of human rights in the intensified campaign against communist insurgency in the Central Visayas region. In his first command visit in Negros Oriental, Alba emphasized the need to...
DEGAMO (Provincial Government of Negros Oriental FB) CEBU CITY – The governor of Negros Oriental opposed plans to construct an international airport in Bacong, a fourth-class municipality in the province. Gov. Roel Degamo vowed to bring his opposition to the Office of the President. "For the...
The bill seeking to create the Negros Island Region (NIR) has been approved by the Senate Committee on Local Government. The bill seeks to merge Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into one region again. “Malinaw po ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan sa Negros Occidental at Negros...
