BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Negros Island Region (BFP-NIR) recorded a 40 percent reduction in fire incidents covering three provinces in 2025. Fire Chief Supt. Rodolfo Denaga, BFP-NIR director, in a press briefing at the Negros Press Club (NPC) here on Thursday, Feb. 19, said...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man and his nine-year-old nephew drowned while gathering shells on the Nabinay River in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the man, Jesus, brought his...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was killed and another was injured in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Sunday, Feb. 15. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said the fatality was a...
A 47-year-old man died after allegedly eating a snake turtle in Barangay 6, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The victim experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing after consuming the reptile. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO)...
BACOLOD CITY – The 11-year-old boy buried in a beach in Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Feb. 9, suffered sexual abuse and died by asphyxia by strangulation, police said. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said that post-mortem examination conducted by the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to thoroughly probe the attack on three siblings in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 7. Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao, Negros Occidental...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental arrested a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) charged seven years ago with the murder of a peacekeeper in Barangay Nalundan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office,...
The reward for the arrest of the suspect in the attack on three siblings in Silay City, Negros Occidental has increased to P100,000. The city government of Silay is giving P25,000 reward, with an additional P50,000 from Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez. Former Vice Mayor...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan — Police arrested a wanted Russian in Barangay Centro, Lal-lo, Cagayan, on Monday, Feb. 9. Police identified the suspect as Andrew, 52, married, businessman, from Valencia, Negros Oriental. Andrew was the sixth month wanted person on the regional...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy reported missing by his family on Sunday, Feb. 8, was found dead, buried on a beach in Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 9. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said the victim was found by a resident who passed by the...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, Feb. 9, condemned the recent brutal attack on three siblings in Silay City, Negros Occidental. One of the siblings was killed. Lacson said that authorities have identified a person of interest and expressed confidence that the suspect will soon...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) condemned the New People 's Army (NPA) for the killing of a 74-year-old grandmother whom the communist insurgents reportedly tagged as a spy in Negros. In a statement Saturday night, NTF-ELCAC executive director...
