The provincial government of Negros Oriental cancelled work in all government offices on Friday, Feb. 6, due to tropical storm “Basyang.” Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria, chairman of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), said this measure will safeguard...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental and Siquijor have suspended classes due to tropical depression “Basyang.” Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria suspended classes on Feb. 5 and 6 as Basyang will traverse Northeastern Mindanao and Central and Western Visayas between Thursday and...
Nine individuals, including the driver, were killed after a local government-owned truck they were riding plunged into a ravine in Barangay Kalamtukan, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO),...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Timmar Alam was named officer-in-charge of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office on Monday, Feb. 2. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), presided over the turnover ceremony at the Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon pleaded not guilty to multiple murder charges over the death of his three colleagues and a civilian during his arraignment in a Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Regional Trial Court on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Senior Master Sgt. Tristan Joseph Chua, who was allegedly shot and killed by a fellow police officer, was laid to rest on Monday morning, Jan. 19, in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Chua, 39, was buried at the Sibulan public cemetery following a Mass at San Antonio de Padua...
BACOLOD CITY – Slain Police Capt. Jose Edrohil Cimafranca, chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental, was laid to rest on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Dumaguete Memorial Park in Bogo, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Cimafranca was given a 21-gun salute, a solemn tribute to...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing possible motives in the murder of three police officers and a woman in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Friday, Jan. 9. One possible motive is personal grudges, police said. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental police spokesperson, said that investigators...
BACOLOD CITY – Murder and multiple murder cases were filed on Monday, Jan. 12, before the Provincial Prosecutor 's Office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental against Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon for the death of his three colleagues and a civilian in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Jan. 9....
BACOLOD CITY – Police Lt. Col. Jul Mohammad Jamiri, deputy provincial director for operations of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, was assigned as caretaker of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in a concurrent capacity. This was announced by Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay,...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental mourned the death of a civilian and three policemen on Jan. 9 in the town of Sibulan. They called for healing and unity and appealed to all residents of Sibulan and the province to remain calm and united. "Let us support one another and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said that two police officers were placed under restrictive custody and were disarmed over two shooting incidents where a woman and three lawmen were killed in Sibulan, Negros...
