BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Purok Lopues, Barangay Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 8. Police said the victim, accompanied by his mother, was taking a bath in the irrigation canal, when she went inside their house to attend the needs of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected member of a drug syndicate in a buy-bust operation in Crossing Tuguis, Barangay Buenavista Gibong, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 7. POLICE seized P340,000 worth of suspected shabu from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – An ambulance driver and a stroke patient were killed and three passengers were injured in a road accident in Barangay Bug-ang, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 6. AN ambulance crashed in Toboso, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 6. The ambulance driver and a stroke...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a former call center agent and her companion in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, March 7. The suspects were identified as Charisse Nicole Ledesma, 38, of Barangay 24 and a former call center agent, and Remus Cabiles, 45, of Barangay Taculing. SIXTY...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a newborn baby boy was found on the shoreline of Barangay Old Sagay, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, March 7. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found on the shoreline of Barangay Old Sagay, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 7. (Photo...
Amid the power outages in Negros Occidental, the Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s problems (CENECO) can be addressed once the new power corporation takes over. Sen. Grace Poe presides over the Committee on Public Services hearing to discuss several measures seeking to provide accessible,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 17-year-old Grade 11 student in a buy-bust operation in Hacienda Carmen, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 5. A 17-year-old Grade 11 student (left) was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City,...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P1 million from four persons, including two minors, in buy-bust operations in the cities of Kabankalan and Silay in Negros Occidental on March 4 and 5. SHABU worth P761,600 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Silay City, Negros Occidental....
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of people marked the first death anniversary of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Monday, March 4. A Mass was offered to Degamo and the nine civilians who were killed in an attack at his residence in Pamplona, Negros Oriental last year. A motorcade joined by...
CEBU CITY – A year after the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, authorities are still hunting nine individuals who are believed to be involved in the gruesome crime. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said warrants of arrest have already been issued against the nine suspects who are...
BACOLOD CITY – A city government employee was shot dead outside his house in Carmela Valley, Barangay Zone 12-A, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, March 5. POLICE secure the area where a city government employee was shot dead in Barangay Zone 12-A, Talisay City, Negros...
