BACOLOD CITY – A 93-year-old woman was injured in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Sitio Dacutan Daku Zone 8, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 14. Senior Insp. Jovelyn Zamar, city fire marshal, said the victim sustained multiple abrasions...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a vendor was found in Purok 7, Barangay Linao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, September 11. Police identified the victim as Bryan Cabrera, 29, of Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City. The victim was last seen on Saturday morning, September 9,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two-hundred sixty-nine policemen with family members or relatives running in this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Negros Occidental have been temporarily reassigned to other police stations in the province. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested five persons, including two teenagers, and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation on Ylagan St., Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 9. The owner of the drug den,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 9. Police Major Jovito Bose, Moises Padilla police chief, identified the suspect as Ryan Dominggo, 40, of...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) Yunit Militia (YM) wanted for murder for 18 years and his comrade were arrested by the military and police in an operation in remote Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 6. Police identified the suspect as 57-year-old Ranulfo Sayson of Barangay Poblacion 1. Sayson, police said, is a street-level...
BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old security guard was shot dead by two persons on a motorcycle in Sitio Bagacay, Barangay Daan Banua, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 6. Police identified the victim as Solomon Nombre of Barangay Daan Banua. Police Lt. Col. John Joel...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old man allegedly hacked his 58-year-old father to death during a heated argument in Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 5. Police identified the victim as Florencio Arquiza Sr. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Manapla police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 4, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 7. Police identified the suspects as San Carlos City residents Carlito Layagon, 45, and Libra Dawn Villarante, 35. Suspects yielded 26...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man stabbed his 59-year-old drunken father to death inside their house in Barangay III Poblacion, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 5. Police identified the victim as Fernando Jodilla Sr. Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) has identified 55 barangays in Negros Occidental as possible Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs) in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. However, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, 303rd IBde commander, said on Tuesday,...
