The P189-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project is fast approaching a key milestone as its detailed engineering designs near completion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 18. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the Panay-Guimaras segment, a...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Criscente Tiguelo was appointed as Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (Norppo) chief effective Tuesday, Sept. 16. Tiguelo’s designation was formalized by an order issued on Sept. 15 by the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR). Police Lt. Col....
BACOLOD CITY – Police recently arrested a 66-year-old man for allegedly killing his nephew in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the suspect Alfredo hacked his nephew during a heated argument on March 29. The victim died on the spot. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental third district Rep. Janice Degamo vowed to continue fighting for justice after a Manila court granted the bail petition of former Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. in one of his murder cases. “I will never stop fighting to make sure that justice is served no matter how long...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policewoman was arrested and 45 grams of suspected shabu worth P306,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said the 30-year-old suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City in Negros Occidental has adopted an ordinance penalizing the dissemination of false or misleading information using the name or authority of the local government unit (LGU) and its officials. To be known as the “Anti-Fake News Announcement Ordinance of Victorias...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old farmer was gored to death by his own carabao in Crossing Martisan, Barangay Burgos, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 8. Police said the victim was feeding his carabao when it suddenly went wild and gored him in the chest. The victim sustained injuries...
The E.B. Magalona Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental is offering a P20,000 cash reward to anyone who can provide information on the whereabouts of a 58-year-old rape suspect, who escaped the station 's custodial facility, a week after his apprehension. A flash alarm was posted by...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao was formally installed as the new Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office chief on Tuesday, Sept.9, at the provincial police headquarters in Barangay Estefania here. Police Col. Dennis Esguerra, deputy regional director for administration of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region recognized the bravery and dedication of a policeman injured in the eye while arresting a 35-year-old man who stabbed a woman in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sept. 3. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has warned contractors that they will be blacklisted if they fail to repair two flood control structures. “If they cannot comply, then they will not be included in any future projects. They will not be allowed to join...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 6. Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz City police chief, said the victim, a Grade 6 pupil, was playing with other children near a cotton fruit...
