Frozen human body parts dumped in front of NBI Bacolod office

Carla P. Gomez 03/02/2024

BACOLOD CITY — A sack containing frozen human body parts was left in front of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office in Bacolod City on Friday morning, March 1. The body parts included a left arm…

Bishops call for prayers as Australia bushfires continue

Ador Vincent Mayol, Carla P. Gomez, Tina G. Santos 01/07/2020

Catholic bishops on Monday asked the faithful to pray for Australia as catastrophic bushfires continue to blaze across the country. The Diocese of Balanga in Bataan has released a prayer in solidarity with the people in Australia.…

Cebu resident identified in Bacolod pension house fire that killed 6 persons

Carla P. Gomez 11/28/2019

BACOLOD CITY –– A Cebu resident was the last one to be identified of the six fatalities in a fire that hit a pension house on Gonzaga and Locsin Streets in Bacolod City last Tuesday. Chief Inspector…

57 activists arrested in Negros

Carla P. Gomez 11/02/2019

BACOLOD CITY—Police and soldiers arrested 57 people, including 15 minors, in simultaneous raids on offices of progressive groups in this provincial capital and in Escalante City beginning Thursday night, the eve of All Saints’ Day. Fifty-five were…

Nine killed by unidentified armed men in Sagay City

Carla P. Gomez 10/21/2018

BACOLOD CITY-Nine members of the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers, two of them minors, were killed on a farm in Sagay City in Negros Occidental about 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. Senior Supt. Rodolfo Castil , Negros Occidental…

Sweet vindication for this Bar topnotcher

Carla P. Gomez 04/26/2018

A “redemption.” This was how Mark John Simondo, 31, and a graduate of the University of St. La Salle- Bacolod described his achievement of topping the 2017 Bar Examination with a grade of 91.05 percent. “I did…

ANOTHER EXTENSION

Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

House agrees to postpone brgy elections to next year Village officials may have to stay in their seats a little longer. The members of the House of Representatives agreed to postpone the barangay elections for another seven…

CITY IN MOURNING

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Carla P. Gomez, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 07/22/2017

  Flags in Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental are flown at half-staff. The mood is somber and policemen are still in disbelief. “We never thought something as bad as this will happen. We treat each other as…

Guihulngan cops who survived ambush receive medals

Carla P. Gomez 07/22/2017

  BACOLOD CITY –  The Philippine National Police (PNP) gave medals to the three policemen who survived the ambush staged by New People’s Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Wounded personnel medals were pinned by Chief Supt.…

7 KILLED, 5 WOUNDED IN NPA ATTACK

Benjie B. Talisic, Carla P. Gomez, Jhunnex G. Napallacan, Michelle Joy Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2017

Barely 48 hours after the government suspended peace talks with communist rebels, suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas ambushed a local official and the responding policemen in Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental, killing seven and wounding five…

PNP blames NPA for NegOr ambush that killed six cops, injured 4 others

Carla P. Gomez 07/21/2017

BACOLOD CITY – Six policemen were killed and four others – three policemen and a municipal councilor – were injured in two attacks staged today by suspected New People’s Army rebels in Barangay Magsaysay, Guihulngan City, Negros…

Police: Body found in waters between Cebu and Negros is not Gisela

Carla P. Gomez 07/01/2017

  It is definitely not the body of missing Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel. This was the clarification issued tonight by Chief Inspector Rollie Poldevilla, the police chief of Escalante City in Negros Occidental, amid speculations that…

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