Toboso gun battle forces 252 from homes, 3 soldiers injured
March 19, 2025
DISPLACED. Government social workers and volunteers distribute food to residents displaced by a gun battle in Brgy. General Luna, Toboso.* MDRRMO photo
DISPLACED. Government social workers and volunteers distribute food to residents displaced by a gun battle in Brgy. General Luna, Toboso.* MDRRMO photo
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Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Secretary Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez, director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), visited two schools in the Municipality of E. B. Magalona yesterday for
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former barangay captain was reported by the police to have been shot dead on Tuesday in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. The 64-year-old victim, a former barangay captain of Macasilao in Calatrava, was on her
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power announced yesterday that power rates for residential consumers have dropped to P11.4766 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), a significant reduction of P0.6711 from last month’s rate This positive shift is attributed to a combination of factors,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office recorded two suspected rabies deaths from January to March 15 this year in Negros Occidental. Dr. Girlie Pinongan, the Provincial Health Officer, disclosed that the two victims are a minor and a
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• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A group art exhibition opened at Ayala Malls Capitol Central in celebration of Women’s Month last March 12, with Negros Occidental Provincial Council for Women chair Andrea Lizares-Si as guest of honor. “Her Story” is the
A tourism management student representing Barangay Vito was hailed as the new Sinigayan Queen, besting 11 other candidates during the coronation night at the Sagay City Gymnasium, Monday night, according to a press release from Sagay PIO. Franciene Rios, 19,
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• ANDREW ALTAREJOS Independent senatorial candidate Angelo De Alban bared his legislative agenda that is focused on protecting the rights and advancing the welfare of children with special needs, during a press conference in Bacolod City yesterday. De Alban is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Agrarian Reform – Regional Office VI (DARRO-6) has denied, for “lack of merit,” the instant petition of 15 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) for the issuance of a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police confiscated suspected dried marijuana leaves from a motorist on April 24, at a checkpoint in Purok Stop, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental. The arrest of the suspect, alias Carlo, 20, led to the seizure of
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