![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
Clash forces hundreds to flee homes in Negros Occ.
BACOLOD City – Around 700 people evacuated their houses after government troops engaged in a gun battle against communist rebels in Negros Occidental’s two northern...
Army asset shot to death
BACOLOD City – An asset of Philippine Army was shot to death in Barangay Igmaya-an, Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental.
Fifty-nine-year-old resident Florence Canete sustained gunshot...
Two brothers shot to death
BACOLOD City – Two brothers were shot to death in Sitio Mayana, Barangay Lalong, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Residents 69-year-old Lucio and 57-year-old Domingo Agravante sustained...
2 persons nabbed for illegal cockfighting
BACOLOD City – Two persons were arrested for illegal cockfighting in Barangay Odiong, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.
Residents Sharon Janice Brique, 30, and Elmer Balingcong,...
3 suspects fall in drug buy-bust op
BACOLOD City – Police arrested three drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
Thirty-six-year-old Jowel Linao, 35-year-old Ruel Linao...
2 homebound men ambushed
BACOLOD City – Two men on board a Ford Everest car were ambushed in Sitio Dungga, Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.
Sipalay City police...
Farmer found dead
BACOLOD City – A farmer was found in Barangay Candumarao, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, a police report showed.
He was identified as 35-year-old Benjie Carpio, a...
Drug suspect caught
BACOLOD City – Police arrested a man in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
The 38-year-old Rodolfo “Kadyo” Lamata was...
‘Shabu’ worth P250,000 seized in Banago drug op
BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu valued at around P250,000 was recovered in an antidrug operation in Barangay Banago.
The suspected illegal drugs contained in seven...
Escalante City’s No.1 wanted person falls
BACOLOD City – He was listed as the No. 1 wanted person in the police station of Escalante City, Negros Occidental.
Forty-six-year-old Andrew De Los...