BACOLOD CITY - A policeman and two civilians, including a teenager, were wounded after they were shot by a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) in a fiesta in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 1.
BACOLOD CITY - A traffic enforcer was gunned down in front a public high school in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
A traffic enforcer was killed in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, Oct. 5. (Photo courtesy of Escalante City
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20.
A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of Escalante City Polic
SUPPORT FOR BDP. Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. of Escalante City, Negros Occidental defends the budget for the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, which has benefited 14 insurgency-cleared villages in his city. "I challenge all those legislators who want to defund the NTF-ELCAC, the PHP280 million is with us. You can come here, you can scrutinize these projects," Yap said in a video message posted by the Philippine Army's 3rd Infantry Division on Thursday (Nov. 25, 2021).(Screenshot from 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army video) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. of Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Thursday defended the proposed budget for the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after some senators pushed for reduced funding next year. "I feel very, very sad regarding that. The funds go to the projects the people themselves have ask
MORE OPPORTUNITIES. The ongoing concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The improvement of the village's farm-to-market road is funded through the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - More opportunities await residents of Barangay Alimango in Escalante City, Negros Occidental with the improvement of the village's farm-to-market road funded through the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The PHP17.5-million concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road is ongoing, but the ceremonial groundbreaking was held in Sitio Lawis only on Wednesday after several delays due to restrictions posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. thanked President Rodrigo Duterte anew for the implementation of the B