BACOLOD CITY – The 79th Infantry Battalion dug up a communist arms cache in Sitio Mocabog, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11. TROOPS discovered a communist weapons cache in Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11, days...
BACOLOD CITY – The 303rd Infantry Brigade awarded four government troops wounded in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental last week. COL. Victor Llapitan, deputy brigade commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade,...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes were suspended and 172 families or 779 individuals were evacuated due to a series of clashes in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on February 21 and 22. The 79th Infantry Battalion said 28 families or 112 individuals fled Barangay Binaguiohan and 78...
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...
