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  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) have yet to identify the remains of the three New People’s Army (NPA) members they neutralized following a weekend gun battle at Barangay Oringao in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City. Lt. Colonel Van Donald Almonte, 94IB commander, said the insurgents’ families have yet …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Negros Occidental lawmaker bucked Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo’s counter-proposal to create another province in Negros before agreeing to the proposed reestablishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR). According to 4th district congresswoman Juliet Marie Ferrer, the rationale behind the NIR bill, which she is also the co-author, …

  The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental is calling on Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla to also take responsibility over the allegedly stolen estimated P7 million funds from the house of a former municipal treasurer. In a statement released by the NPA’s Leonardo Panaligan Command based in central Negros, they said Montilla still has …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Benitez said the counter-proposal of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo to create a third province in Negros before agreeing to reestablish the Negros Island Region (NIR) would be “unnecessary.” According to Benitez, the Regional Development Councils (RDCs), represented by district representatives, have an equal voice …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s Isabela town Mayor Irene Montilla said yesterday they are awaiting the results of the investigation from police and the provincial government over alleged stolen funds from the house of a municipal treasurer last month. In a phone patch interview, Montilla said she talked with the now sacked municipal …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo proposed the creation of a new province as a “counter-proposal” before agreeing to support the reestablishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR). Degamo met with Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson in Dumaguete City on Wednesday morning, February 1, with the latter hoping to …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The high-value target (HVT) alleged drug suspect recently arrested in Negros Occidental’s Silay City was listed on a piece of paper with the two severed human hands recovered last week. Silay City police conducted a buy-bust operation at Sitio Pulo in the city’s Barangay Mambulac early Wednesday morning, February …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga No hired private armed groups or “political goons” have been monitored so far in Negros Occidental, the provincial police office said. Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) spokesperson, Captain Judesses Catalogo said they have already dismantled all previously documented hired private armed groups in the province. Catalogo noted that …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City mayor and Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon is threatening legal action against individuals who posted a now viral video on social media in an incident that happened last Sunday, January 29, during the city’s highlights of the Dinagsa Festival. Guanzon said she …

    By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Social Action Center (SAC) of the Diocese of Bacolod condemned the brutal crimes that happened in the city last week. SAC head Fr. Chris Gonzales said they share the common belief that illegal drugs are destroying our society, but he questioned if the killings were really the …