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...
By TARA YAP * GLAZYL MASCULINO ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader was killed in a clash with government troops in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental province on Monday, Nov. 21. AUTHORITIES carry a body bag containing the cadaver of a New People’s Army (NPA) leader killed in a clash...
BACOLOD CITY – New People’s Army rebels gunned down a former barangay tanod or watchman in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 20. A POLICE officer probes the area in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental where a former barangay watchman from Moises...
BACOLOD CITY -- A drug detainee surrendered to the authorities in Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday, Nov. 19, three days after he escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Marcial Yanguas, officer-in-charge of Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY --The police and military arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, a member of the Yunit Militia of the New People’s Army (NPA) tagged in the killing of a former barangay chairman in Isabela, Negros Occidental in 2018. An arrest warrant for murder with no bail recommended was served against...
A newly-completed revetment wall project in Manapla, Negros Occidental now shields coastal communities and safeguards farmlands from perennial flooding, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo by DPWH The new structure is located at Barangay Punta Mesa and...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug detainee escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station on Wednesday, Nov. 16. John Mike Olitres alias ‘Tata Vendetta’ is now the subject of massive manhunt operation by the Negros Oriental police. In a video on Facebook, Maj. Fortunato...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve centenarians in Negros Occidental received P100,000 each from the provincial government on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Municipal and provincial officials lead the turnover of P100,000 cash gift to centenarian awardee Herminigilda Donasco of Barangay Damgo, E.B. Magalona, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 174 soldiers and members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) in Negros island were recognized for their outstanding performances and dedication to duty that led to several significant accomplishments in the island. Maj. Gen....
BACOLOD CITY -- An electrician was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant in Barangay Odiong, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 12. The victim was identified as Roel Barroquiña, 59, of Barangay 6. Maj. Joevito Bose, chief of police in Moises Padilla, said that...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of P250,000 worth of cash and educational assistance were alloted by the local government of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to at least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who earlier surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB). The 25...
BACOLOD CITY - A pedicab driver was arrested after he allegedly yielded 21 grams of shabu worth P142,800 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Rizal, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 12. A police operative conducts the inventory of the P142,800 worth of suspected shabu seized from...
