THE house allegedly being used as a hideout by the NPA in Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) BACOLOD CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Natuling, Barangay...
CEBU CITY – Hundreds are expected to take part in the DIVE7 Festival that the municipalities of Zamboanguita and Dauin in Negros Oriental will host from July 28 to 31. Organized by the Department of Tourism-Central Visayas (DOT 7), the DIVE7 Festival is expected to draw local and...
PARRICIDE charges have been filed against an American over the murder of his Filipina wife in Negros Oriental. BACOLOD CITY – Police filed Thursday, July 21, charges of parricide and murder against an American and his new lover for the death of his wife in Valencia, Negros Oriental Tuesday this...
PERSONNEL of the Scene-of-the-Crime Operatives (SOCO) retrieve the body of a Filipina nurse buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Palinpinon, Valencia, Negros Oriental Tuesday, July 19. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) BACOLOD CITY – An American is under investigation...
THE body of a New People’s Army rebel killed in a clash with troops in Barangay Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of the 62nd IB) BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Sitio Taluktok, Barangay...
Aerial view of Rabbit Village where a huge rabbit mound named Pablo has been erected. Rabbiton is an agri-tourism site that is unlike anything else in the country. It is a rabbit-themed agri-park in Pamplona, Negros Oriental with certain parts of the farm inspired by Hobbiton, a fictional setting...
BACOLOD CITY – The police chief of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was hit by a dump truck in Sitio Buli, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Friday, July 15, two days after assuming his post Wednesday, July 13. RESCUERS...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recognized the bravery and courage of 19 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who abandoned their armed struggle and surrendered at the headquarters of the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon,...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P100 million were seized in a series of police buy-bust operations Saturday, June 25, in Central Visayas. In Lapu-Lapu City, two persons were caught with 15 kilos of shabu with an estimated value of P102 million. Eric Felisilda, 45, and Niel James...
Former ‘kaingineros’ rejuvenate cacao trees as new market emerges Hopes are running high for former “kaingineros” or slash-and-burn farmers in Valencia, Negros Oriental, who have shifted to planting cacao trees and are now rejuvenating them as they are reassured of a new market that has...
SOME dental paraphernalia recovered by police from a former barangay councilor in Lanao del Sur who was arrested for posing as a dentist in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Wednesday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) BACOLOD CITY – A former barangay councilor...
THE two brothers with alleged links to the NPA surrender to the Army and police in Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental Wednesday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of 3rd ID) BACOLOD CITY – Two brothers allegedly linked to the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to authorities in Barangay...
