The Regional Trial Court in Cebu City has ordered the arrest of one of two men, who are facing two counts of illegal possession of firearms and for violation of election gun ban in Tomas Oppus town, Southern Leyte in 2016.

There is no need to conduct a loyalty check among Army troops stationed in Negros island, according to Colonel Alberto Desoyo, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade.

Controversial lawyer, 50-year-old Edeljulio Romero, is dead.

An estimated P1.3-million worth of shabu was reported yesterday by the police to have been seized from two arrested suspects, after a series of anti-drug operations in Negros Occidental.

More supporters and sympathizers of the New People’s Army in the hinterlands of central Negros have renounced their support to the rebel movement, and pledged to support the government instead.