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2 NIR universities win in nat’l search for sustainable, eco-friendly schools

April 30, 2026

Two universities from Negros Island Region were national finalists in the college/university category of the 2026 Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools initiated by the Environmental Management Bureau.

CHR best agency to probe Toboso incident: Hontiveros

April 29, 2026

Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, April 28 that it is the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that can determine all the truths behind the deaths of 19 individuals during the gunbattles between Philippine Army soldiers and remnants of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April. 19.

Toboso sanggunian declares CPP-NPA-NDF ‘persona non grata’

April 29, 2026

The Sangguniang Bayan of Toboso in Negros Occidental has declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as persona non grata or unwelcome as it strongly condemned the insurgency-related violence perpetrated by rebel remnants in the municipality.

PHO lauded for primary care facilities expansion

April 29, 2026

Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Mary Ann Maestral lauded the Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) for expanding from zero to 24 the number of licensed primary care facilities (PCFs) in local government units across the province.

CIDG-Bacolod chief linked to illegal e-sabong operations

April 28, 2026

Police Major Edgar Tonico, chief of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) Bacolod City Field Unit, has been identified as a protector of the e-sabong operations in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.

Ombudsman dismisses complaint vs. Albee, other Bacolod officials

April 28, 2026

The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the complaints filed against Deputy Speaker and Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez as well as members of the City Council on the allegedly overpriced acquisition of 74.7 hectares of agricultural land in Barangay Granada.

AFP commends 79IB troopers for rebel leader neutralization

April 28, 2026

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) honored soldiers of the 79th Infantry Battalion for the neutralization of elusive rebel leader Rogelio Fabillar, whose armed group was responsible for the deaths of at least 40 civilians in northern Negros, accused of being military informants.

PRO-NIR confident of crime reduction in Bacolod with EV fleet from city gov’t

April 28, 2026

Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) director, P/Brigadier General Arnold Thomas Ibay, expressed confidence of crime reduction in Bacolod with the turnover of 10 electric vehicles (EVs) to the city police April 27.

NTF-ELCAC: NPA recruits foreigners, minors due to lack of local support

April 28, 2026

The deaths of two American nationals and two minors in the Toboso gunbattles in Negros Occidental indicates a shift in the recruitment practices of the New People’s Army, an official of the National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said.

Mother with schizophrenia cleared of parricide as SC cites legal insanity

April 28, 2026

The Supreme Court (SC) acquitted a mother with schizophrenia of parricide over her daughter’s death, ruling that her mental state deprived her of the capacity to recognize the wrongfulness of her act and thus exempted her from criminal liability.

2 NIR universities win in nat’l search for sustainable, eco-friendly schools

CHR best agency to probe Toboso incident: Hontiveros

Toboso sanggunian declares CPP-NPA-NDF ‘persona non grata’

PHO lauded for primary care facilities expansion

CIDG-Bacolod chief linked to illegal e-sabong operations

Ombudsman dismisses complaint vs. Albee, other Bacolod officials

AFP commends 79IB troopers for rebel leader neutralization

PRO-NIR confident of crime reduction in Bacolod with EV fleet from city gov’t

NTF-ELCAC: NPA recruits foreigners, minors due to lack of local support

Mother with schizophrenia cleared of parricide as SC cites legal insanity

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