BACOLOD CITY – A University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman student was among the 19 persons killed in an encounter between the New People’s Army and the military in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. The fatality was identified as Alyssa Alano. The UP-Student...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) pushed back on claims circulating online that some, if not all, of the 19 suspected communist rebels who died in clashes with soldiers in Negros Occidental on April 19, were innocent civilians. For Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Louie G. Dema-ala, the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man linked to a large-scale investment scam was gunned down in Barangay 2, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 21. Police Lt. Col. Jovil Sedel, Hinigaran police chief, identified the victim as Henjie Cuadra. Sedel said Cuadra and Barangay 2 Kagawad Novem...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson renewed his appeal to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms and return to the fold of the government and said that those who have already surrendered have been given opportunities for a fresh start. While the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has seized P138.5 million in smuggled cigarettes in two weeks in Negros Island. PRO-NIR chief Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay vowed to sustain aggressive enforcement and strengthen their operational posture against...
The Philippine Army (PA) will sustain its campaign against communist insurgents despite a series of deadly encounters in Negros Occidental that left 19 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members dead, its chief said Monday, April 20. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarette, PA commanding general, mourned the...
BACOLOD CITY – Government troops finally neutralized a notorious New People’s Army hitman after a four-year manhunt in Toboso, Negros Occidental. Roger Fabillar – alias Jhong and Arnel Tapang – was killed in an encounter Sunday in Barangay Salamanca. Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of...
Nineteen suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a series of encounters with government troops in Toboso, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army (PA) confirmed on Monday, April 20. The clashes involved troops from the 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – Around 366 individuals were affected by the encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Sinugmawan, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. 1st Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th IB civil-military operations officer,...
BACOLOD CITY – An abandoned newborn baby boy was rescued in Hacienda Bernabe, Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 15. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said the baby was found on a roadside by three children searching for spiders. The baby only had a...
BACOLOD CITY – San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Mayor Renato Gustilo mourned the death of a health worker in a two-vehicle accident in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City on April 10. Gustilo said that investigation is ongoing and called for the filing of appropriate charges to ensure...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his 16-year-old companion was injured in Purok 4, Barangay Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 12. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said the victims, together with their friends, were walking home...
