BACOLOD CITY – The 79th Infantry Battalion launched precision airstrikes on Thursday night, February 22, against remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NNF)-D, following a series of clashes with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three soldiers and a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) Active Auxiliary (CAA) member were wounded in encounters in Sitio Mansulao, Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on February 21 and 22. TROOPS seize high-powered firearms, subversive documents,...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with government forces in Sitio Mansulao, Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, February 21. MAP of Escalante City Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, spokesperson of the Army 3rd...
BACOLOD CITY – A four-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool in a resort in Barangay Old Poblacion, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, February 3. POLICE conduct follow-up investigation on a four-year-old who drowned in a resort in Barangay Old Poblacion, Escalante City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the police in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on January 3. MAP of Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Executive Master Sgt. Artus Escuadra of the Escalante City Police Station said these rebel returnees aged 26, 30,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 79-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed her house in Sitio Maitom, Barangay Poblacion Old Escalante, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day, November 1. AN arson investigator probes the fire that killed a senior citizen in Barangay Poblacion Old...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old driver was shot dead in Sitio Beatingo, Barangay Old Poblacion, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, August 13. Police identified the victim as John Mark Sotto of Barangay Estefania here. Investigation said the victim met a colleague in the area to pick up his...
BACOLOD CITY – A male teenager who was hit by a stray bullet during a fiesta shooting incident in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on July 1 passed away in a private hospital here on Monday, July 3. Police Major John Ganzon, Escalante police chief, said that Jeban Sayon,...
BACOLOD CITY - A policeman and two civilians, including a teenager, were wounded after they were shot by a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) in a fiesta in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 1. A POLICEMAN is treated in a private...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the military in Escalante City, Negros Occidental. COMMUNIST guerrilla Armando Atoy was killed in an encounter in Barangay Libertad, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 20. (Photo courtesy of 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 40 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels met Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 12, to express their concern about the threats they have been receiving from their former comrades in the armed struggle. FORMER New People’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of Escalante City Police...
