POLICE uproot 57 fully grown marijuana plants and arrested two farmers in Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Fifty-seven fully grown marijuana plants valued at P240,000 were uprooted and two...
POLICE secure the area in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental where an unidentified man was found dead Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of the Talisay City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – An unidentified man was found dead on the roadside of Hacienda Mana-ul, Barangay Matab-ang,...
DR. Gregorio Baccay III, acting bank officer V of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), discusses the security features of P1,000 polymer banknote during the Regional Roadshow on Philippine Currencies and Other BSP-Related Advocacies at the BSP Multi-Purpose Hall in Bacolod City Thursday, June 23....
NINE former NPA members receive cash assistance of P30,000 each from the provincial government of Negros Occidental in a ceremony at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22. (Photo courtesy of 79th IB) BACOLOD CITY – Nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) overran a New People’s Army (NPA) hideout in Sitio Tinibyangan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, June 22. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) commander, said troops chanced upon about 10...
DENNIS Cajuyong, 45, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Tuesday, June 23. Seized from him were P102,000 worth of suspected shabu. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 7) BACOLOD CITY – Three persons, including two top drug personalities, were arrested...
A POLICEMAN talks to a family member of a man who was hacked to death by his father due to a land dispute in Barangay Maaslob, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Saturday, June 18. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY – A father allegedly killed his son...
Former ‘kaingineros’ rejuvenate cacao trees as new market emerges Hopes are running high for former “kaingineros” or slash-and-burn farmers in Valencia, Negros Oriental, who have shifted to planting cacao trees and are now rejuvenating them as they are reassured of a new market that has...
RESCUERS carry one of the four victims of a lightning strike in Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental Friday, June 17. (Photo courtesy of Executive Assistant Dionilo Bogtae) BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old man died while three others, including two siblings, were injured in a...
SOME dental paraphernalia recovered by police from a former barangay councilor in Lanao del Sur who was arrested for posing as a dentist in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Wednesday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) BACOLOD CITY – A former barangay councilor...
THE two brothers with alleged links to the NPA surrender to the Army and police in Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental Wednesday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of 3rd ID) BACOLOD CITY – Two brothers allegedly linked to the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to authorities in Barangay...
MACARIO Fat Sr. (right), an alleged leader of the New People's Army (NPA), was captured by the police and the Army in Sitio Anahaw, Barangay Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental last Sunday, June 12. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) BACOLOD CITY – An alleged leader of the New People's Army...
