Authorities raid houses of Rep. Teves due to loose firearms

Faith Argosino - @inquirerdotnet 03/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Police on Friday raided the houses of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. searching for loose firearms. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that the raid was conducted by its Criminal Investigation and…

MCPO exec: 1,709 Negros Or. cops to be replaced; 214 Mandaue policemen set to be deployed there

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/09/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The 1,709 policemen of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) will likely be replaced by personnel from police offices of Cebu Province, and Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu cities, and Bohol Province. Police…

Bayawan: Police continue probe on shooting which left cop, jail officer dead, woman wounded

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police continue to investigate the Feb. 18 killing of a policeman and a jail officer, and the wounding of a 53-year-old woman in Barangay Tinago in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Police Lieutenant Colonel…

Guihulngan police chief dies, Negros Or. police director, 3 others injured in Negros Occ. road accident

Paul Lauro 07/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police chief of Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental died while the provincial police director of Negros Oriental and three others were injured after a wayward dumptruck crashed into the convoy of four…

14 police stations inaugurated in Central Visayas in 9 months

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In line with the modernization program of the Philippine National Police, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) inaugurated a total of 14 police stations from November 2020 to July 2021. These…

Cops kill ‘one of biggest drug suppliers in Dumaguete;’ P13M shabu seized 

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Negros Oriental scored big in its anti-illegal drug campaign after they killed a man, whom they believed was one of the biggest illegal drug suppliers in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Aside…

Police chief urges Negrenses to continue following health protocols

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The residents of Negros Oriental should not be complacent despite the province’s modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status. Police Colonel Arnel Banzon, director of Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said that the…

New NOPPO chief to focus on killings and insurgency problems

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new officer-in-charge of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) is determined to solve recent and previous killings and the insurgency problems of the area as he takes over his post. Police…

Negros Or. police director pushing for relief of Bayawan police chief, 56 policemen

Florence Baesa 02/20/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — The provincial director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) will recommed to higher headquarters for the relief of the entire police force manning the Bayawan Police Station — its police chief…

Lawyer, who survived January 3 shooting attack in Dumaguete, dies in hospital

Florence Baesa 01/13/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — After 10 days of fighting for his life, a lawyer who was shot and wounded by still unidentified gunmen, died in a private hospital in Dumaguete City at around 2 p.m.,…

Former rebel killed in Santa Catalina; Colonel Entoma to cops: Protect FRs from NPAs

Florence Baesa 12/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Provincial police in Negros Oriental are ordered to be more vigilant and to protect former rebels (FRs) who are targets of the New People’s Army  (NPA) especially as the 51st founding anniversary of…

26 guns, 4 explosives turned over in La Libertad; appeal to back gov’t’s anti-insurgency efforts made

Florence Baesa 12/20/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — As different barangay captains in La Libertad, Negros Oriental turned over 26 loose firearms and four explosives, police are appealing to residents in insurgency-affected areas in the province to support the government’s effort…

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