CEBU CITY – A ship captain and six other workers of a shipping company were arrested for allegedly stealing crude oil in Talisay City, Cebu. Apprehended were the 67-year-old skipper, a certain Leo from Iloilo City, the 57-year-old chief mate, the 59-year-old chief engineer, the 46-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered on Thursday morning, Aug. 14, on a river in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, after three bodies were discovered in Talisay City on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the body...
BACOLOD CITY – Three suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims were found in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Aug. 11. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, expressed concern over the gruesome discovery. A Special...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group–Negros Island Region (CIDG-NIR) arrested a 39-year-old taxi driver in Barangay III, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Thursday, six months after allegedly killing and raping a 31-year-old call center agent in Talisay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was allegedly shot and killed by his friend over a P1,500 debt in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 16. Police Lt. Col. Alvin Christopher Baybayan, Talisay City police chief, said the 48-year-old suspect and the victim chanced...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities seized P2.2-million worth of stolen underground internet and cable wires and arrested 11 persons in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 14. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., head of the Bacolod Maritime Police Station, said they acted on...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,431 families were displaced by flooding in this highly-urbanized city and Talisay City, Negros Occidental, following hours of heavy rains from Friday night, July 11, to Saturday morning, July 12. Data released by Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Saturday morning said 301...
CEBU CITY – Sacks of suspected smuggled rice worth P38 million were seized from a warehouse in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, Cebu on Wednesday afternoon, July 9. Led by Frederick D. Go, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs, the operation led to the...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth more than P20 million was seized from a flower shop owner in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu. Merian Sancija Borkowski, 36, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in her home at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, July 5. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
BACOLOD CITY -- The first-ever lady mayor of Talisay City, Negros Occidental, was sworn in on Monday, June 30. Lawyer Rowena Lizares was inducted by Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Therese Blanche Bolunia at the Talisay public plaza after attending a Mass with her family, friends,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) assured the public there is no cause for alarm over the first confirmed case of monkeypox (Mpox) in Negros Occidental. “Indi magpakulba (Don’t be scared), said Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan in a media interview Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Talisay City in Negros Occidental logged its first monkeypox (Mpox) case. Mayor Neil Lizares, in a statement released on social media on Monday night, June 23, said the patient is currently in stable condition, under close medical supervision, properly isolated, and receiving...
