BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Lirio, Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, November 26. AUTHORITIES arrested an alleged drug pusher and seized P102,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Six patrol bases of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) recently received P150,000 cash assistance from the local government of Murcia in Negros Occidental. MAYOR Gerry Rojas (fifth from right) turns over financial assistance of P25,000 each...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government in Negros Occidental recently unveiled a P6-million youth development center for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children at risk (CAR) in Barangay Lag-asan. HALFWAY House, a youth development center for children in conflict with the law...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito has rejected claims insinuating that he is causing the delay in the passage of the measure that seeks the creation of a Negros Island Region (NIR). Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito (Senate PRIB Photo) Ejercito, whose mother hails from Bacolod...
Japan has turned over P314 million-worth of agricultural equipment to sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental. In a ceremony held over the weekend, the Japanese Embassy in Manila joined in the inauguration of machinery for Bacolod City farmers that it offered under its non-project grant...
BACOLOD CITY – A man allegedly killed his two brothers in-law in Sitio Mantuhod, Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 15. POLICE cordon the area, where two brothers were found dead in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Saturday, November 18. POLICE arrest a man and his nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Saturday, November 18. (Photo courtesy of...
CEBU CITY – At least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered as a result of the non-stop localized peace engagement of government forces in Negros Oriental, the Visayas Command (Viscom) said. Called as “friends rescued,” the surrenderers included five members of the Milisya ng...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recently welcomed 64 new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) in Negros Island. They are comprised of four former combatants and 60 dependents of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor died after he was electrocuted on the rooftop of the health center in Barangay Bato Proper, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. A SANGGUNIANG Kabataan (SK) councilor was electrocuted on the rooftop of the health center in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a son of a former lawman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. A SON of a former policeman was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November...
BACOLOD CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he was run over by a truck in Barangay Camalobalo, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 14. Police withheld the name of the victim, a resident of Barangay Calapi Proper. Police Executive Master Sgt. Loreto Perono, deputy chief of the...