BACOLOD CITY – A policeman is under investigation over the death of his 29-year-old nephew during a scuffle over a gun in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, said the police officer...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was shot dead by gunmen who barged into his house in Sitio Napungalan 2, Barangay Jonobjonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, Dec. 1. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental recorded a 12.81 percent decrease in crimes with only 3,525 cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 25. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said crimes went down by 518 from 4,043 cases during the same period in 2023. The number of eight focus crimes...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old construction worker was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbor while pacifying an altercation in Barangay Bulwangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police chief, said the 22-year-old suspect went to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 14-year-old boy allegedly hacked his eight-year-old nephew to death in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental last week. Police Major Jun Ray Batadlan, Binalbagan police chief, said Tuesday that the victim was last seen alive with the suspect on Nov. 19. The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY - A 76-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his daughter’s live-in partner inside their house in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. AN elderly man was allegedly stabbed to death by his daughter's live-in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old corporal from Iloilo City was allegedly shot dead by a colleague inside an Army detachment in Sitio Barasbarasan, Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. Police said the victim and the 43-year-old suspect from Lanao...
BACOLOD CITY – A 66-year-old farmer was found dead with bullet wounds in Sitio Omas, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23. A 66-year-old farmer was found dead with bullet wounds in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Commander Jan Terazona has been designated as the new head of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental. Terazona, deputy commander of Coast Guard District Southern Visayas, replaced classmate Commander Jansen Benjamin during the turnover of command ceremony...
BACOLOD CITY – Soldiers discovered a New People’s Army camp following an encounter in Barangay Damutan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Sunday morning, Nov. 24. Brig. Gen. Joey Escanillas, commander of the Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said troops engaged the fleeing remnants of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old laborer tagged as a New People’s Army militia member was arrested in a raid in Sitio Maglantay, Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City on Saturday, Nov. 23. Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, Himamaylan police chief, said the suspect was apprehended during...
BACOLOD CITY – A missing eight-year-old boy was found dead in Sitio Omot, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23. AN eight-year-old boy was found dead in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23, four days after he was reported...
