BACOLOD CITY – A woman died while her brother-in-law was injured after they were electrocuted in a public transport terminal in Barangay Suba, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 2. A WOMAN was electrocuted after she accidentally touched a steel post with a live wire in a public...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman died while her relative was injured after their motorcycle overshot and crashed into a tree in Sitio Peñahon, Barangay Mina-utok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 26. Police identified the fatality as Mary Ann Dantes, 27, of Barangay Marcelo, while the...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines lost copper ground wires worth P660,000 to thieves in Hacienda Aquiles, Barangay San Isidro, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 22. Major Ronald Santillan, Calatrava police chief, said they are now checking junk shops in...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has admitted killing a farmer for being an alleged government intelligence asset in Negros Occidental. A POLICE officer points to a slug of a firearm used in the killing of a farmer in Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) marked Independence Day with a feeding activity in Barangay Carreta here as it gears up for a bigger outreach program next month in Region 6 (Western Visayas). UNDERSECRETARY Terence Calatrava of the Office of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he crashed into a mango tree on his way home in Sitio Villalon, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 22. PEOPLE flock to the area where a motorcycle rider died after hitting a mango tree in Barangay Barangay Marcelo,...
CEBU CITY – The newly appointed Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) vowed to work closely with local government officials in the three Visayan regions. OFFICE of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Terence Calatrava on Wednesday, Dec. 14,...
BACOLOD CITY – A young man was killed while his companion was injured after their motorcycle crashed into a parked truck in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 21. RESCUERS respond to an accident in which a young man was killed on Monday, Nov. 21, in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Calatrava, Negros Occidental Mayor Marilyn Era said Friday, Aug. 18, said her son, Nestor Jr., should face the consequences of his arrest in a buy-bust operation in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, Aug. 17. “Kabalo na na siya kinsa maayo, and dili maayo (He already...
BACOLOD CITY – The son of a mayor and two others were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, August 17. FIFTEEN grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were seized from three persons, including the son of a mayor, in a buy-bust operation in...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) killed a 43-year-old laborer in front of his pregnant wife and two children in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Friday, August 12. POLICE cordon the area in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental where a...
TROOPS secure the area in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental where four NPA rebels were killed in an encounter Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB) BACOLOD CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while their comrade was captured in two separate encounters in...