RESCUERS retrieve Wednesday, July 6, the body of boxer Robert ‘Toto’ Landero on the Tabla River in Barangay Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Cris Gonzales Gelasan) BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old boxer drowned while crossing the Tabla River between the boundaries of...
A POLICEMAN secures the living room of a house in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental where a jobless man was stabbed dead by his cousin early Monday morning, July 4. (Photo courtesy of Talisay City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old hog raiser allegedly stabbed his...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recognized the bravery and courage of 19 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who abandoned their armed struggle and surrendered at the headquarters of the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon,...
THE body of a nine-year-old girl lies on the road after she was hit by car and ran over ran over by a motorized pedicab in Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City, Negros Occidental Saturday, July 2. (Photo courtesy of Bago City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old girl died after she was hit...
Kanlaon Volcano in Negros (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has monitored an increase in volcanic activity at Mount Kanlaon in the past few days. “A total of 41 volcanic earthquakes around the summit area were recorded since 5 a.m. of...
TWENTY-seven-year old Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel ‘Javi’ Benitez (2nd from left) takes oath before his uncle, Rep. Francisco ‘Kiko’ Benitez, at the Victorias Sports and Amusement Center in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Present during the event were his parents, Bacolod City...
LEONARDO Espinosa lies on the road after he was killed in Barangay 1, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental last June 4. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Nadie Arceo of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental has offered a cash reward of P400,000 to anyone who...
A FORMER barangay councilor is sprawled on the road after he was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Poblacion, San Enrique, Negros Occidental Thursday, June 30. (Photo courtesy of the San Enrique Municipal Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Two unidentified...
EVIDENCE seized from three siblings in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental Sunday, June 26. (Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY – Three siblings were arrested and P238,000 worth of suspected shabu were seized in a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 43-year-old physical therapist died when her motorcycle hit a delivery truck at the intersection of Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Saturday, June 25. RESCUERS assist a lady rider who figured in a road accident in Barangay...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P100 million were seized in a series of police buy-bust operations Saturday, June 25, in Central Visayas. In Lapu-Lapu City, two persons were caught with 15 kilos of shabu with an estimated value of P102 million. Eric Felisilda, 45, and Niel James...
TWENTY-seven former communist rebels receive cash and livelihood assistance amounting to P769,000 from the provincial government of Negros Occidental through the DILG in a ceremony held at the Social Hall of the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22. (Photo courtesy of the Army...