NPA confirms killing 3 persons in Negros Occidental
By Carla Gomez
A command of the New People’s Army on Sunday claimed responsibility for the killing of three persons in northern Negros Occidental whom it tagged as “counter-revolutionary.”

A command of the New People’s Army on Sunday claimed responsibility for the killing of three persons in northern Negros Occidental whom it tagged as “counter-revolutionary.”

Two Catholic Church dioceses in Negros Occidental are distributing sample ballots containing the names of their chosen candidates who are considered as prolife.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the charges filed against Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr., his son Ilog Mayor John Paul Alvarez and Cauayan Vice Mayor Jerry Tabujara for the murder of Kabankalan Judge Henry Arles for “insufficiency of evidence.”

BACOLOD CITY – A local resident will have to spend the rest of his life in jail for selling P200 worth of shabu — to a cop. Judge Raymond Joseph Javier of the Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 47 found Stephan Suarez Cabiles guilty of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for [...]

The Department of Justice has dismissed the murder charges filed against Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr., his son Ilog Mayor John Paul Alvarez and Cauayan Vice Mayor Jerry Tabujara for the killing of Kabankalan Judge Henry Arles in 2012 for “insufficiency of evidence.”
Pulupandan Mayor Magdaleno Peña on Friday said he would file counter charges against policemen who raided his ancestral home in Barangay Ubay, Pulupandan.

Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. has sued for libel Pulupundan Mayor Magdaleno Peña and sought P7 million in damages for claiming in a local newspaper article that he is having delusions and dementia.

Except for its newly installed acting head, the entire police force of Pulupandan town in Negros Occidental was relieved on Saturday upon orders of Camp Crame to ensure that the lawmen would not be influenced by politicians.
It’s too late now. The retired government prosecutor who had been pleading for his pension after 36 years in service is dead.

After 36 years of government service, Marcelo del Pilar counted on his retirement pay to finance a badly needed heart bypass operation — and had been pleading for it. He died without seeing a centavo of it.

A former barangay (village) official was shot dead behind the Himamaylan City Hall, about 82.9 kilometers south of this city, at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Himamaylan Mayor Agustin Ernesto Bascon said.
The police chief and two policemen of Pulupandan town in Negros Occidental were relieved on Tuesday for allegedly acting as escorts of Mayor Magdaleno Peña when the mayor went to the provincial capitol on Monday to pick a fight.

The police chief and three policemen of Pulupandan town in Negros Occidental were relieved Tuesday for allegedly acting as escorts of Mayor Magdaleno Peña when he went to the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Monday to challenge provincial official to a boxing match.