BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez, Negros Occidental police director, was relieved from Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), effective Friday, Sept. 5, pursuant to an order from the Philippine National Police (PNP) national headquarters. A special order issued by...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was seriously injured when he was stabbed in the eye while responding to a stabbing incident in Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, Sept. 3. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region said the police officer was arresting the...
BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) condemned the murder of a former barangay councilor in Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR spokesperson, denounced Thursday, Sept. 4, the “cowardly act...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old former barangay councilor was gunned down in Hacienda Cabayao, Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. Investigation said a man was looking for a lost carabao in the area and asked for the house of the victim Pablo. The victim...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of a mako shark washed ashore in Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2. Barangay Councilor Jose Edgar Tomarong posted photos and a video of the fish on social media. Residents spotted the carcass and called him for assistance, and...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old Department of Education (DepEd) employee died after his motorcycle crashed into a parked carabao cart in Purok 2, Barangay Magallon Cadre, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Aug. 31. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Moises Padilla police chief, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old farmer was gunned down by a father and son during a drinking session in Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, Aug. 30. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police chief, said the victim Ronald was having a drinking session with the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old former communist rebel linked to an ambush where two police officers and a teenage bystander were wounded in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental three years ago was recently apprehended in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Alias Jim was arrested in Barangay Carabalan...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology–Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) is investigating how a cellphone was smuggled into the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a video allegedly filmed by a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) during a...
BACOLOD CITY – Two more suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims turned up in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday. These fresh batch of bodies were found in Barangay Dos Hermanas, two weeks after three were discovered in Barangays Concepcion and Matab-ang on Aug. 11. An initial...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) has designated Jail Senior Insp. Raymund Aro as officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) staged an eight-hour...
BACOLOD CITY – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City held a noise barrage on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, calling for the ouster of jail warden Jail Chief Insp. Crisyrel Awe due to unfair treatment. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven...
