DUMAGUETE CITY – Three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of American marine biologist Dr. Kent Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental have tested positive for illegal drug use, a police official said Tuesday. Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Thousands of vulnerable households in Negros Oriental began receiving the first tranche of government cash assistance on Monday under the Unified Package for Livelihood, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) program. The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 10,285 near-poor households in three local government units (LGUs) are the initial beneficiaries of the national government’s Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) cash assistance in Negros Occidental. Data of the Department of Social...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 26-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and his two companions in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 16. The suspects were identified as SK Councilor Bingbong of Barangay Zone 6, Cadiz City, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police apprehended a barangay chairman from Victorias City, Negros Occidental for illegal possession of firearm and explosive on Friday, July 17. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) identified the suspect as Gar, 54, of Hacienda Nasipunan, Barangay 12. PRO-NIR...
BACOLOD CITY – The fourth suspect in the killing of 73-year-old American marine biologist Dr. Kent E. Carpenter surrendered to the police before midnight on Thursday, July 16. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental police spokesperson, said the suspect was a 21-year-old man from Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have three suspects in the murder of 73-year-old American marine biologist Dr. Kent E. Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on July 12 in custody. A report from Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said that the first suspect, Mark, 26, a resident...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said African Swine Fever (ASF) in the province is under control despite affecting 14 of the province 's 31 local government units (LGUs). Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, July 14, Lacson said the province 's response has been...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, director of Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), vowed justice for the 73-year-old American marine biologist in Sibulan, Negros Oriental who was killed in a home invasion over the weekend. Cardiño assured the victim’s family,...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to investigate the recent fatal shooting of an American marine scientist and the alleged sexual assault of his Filipino partner in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Jaynard...
BACOLOD CITY – An online bomb threat rocked schools and establishments in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 11. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said it was posted in the Facebook public group “6127 Marketplace San Carlos City” by the account “Jim...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Board Member Andrew Montelibano is willing to be investigated after he was reportedly found in the vicinity of an illegal online cockfighting or e-sabong den in Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, July 8. In a press...
