BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old man was gored to death by his carabao in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Police said the victim left home to retrieve his carabao near a riverbank but failed to return. His family looked for him and discovered his body with...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old former communist rebel linked to an ambush where two police officers and a teenage bystander were wounded in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental three years ago was recently apprehended in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Alias Jim was arrested in Barangay Carabalan...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Binalbagan in Negros Occidental is eyeing a state of calamity after flooding caused by tropical cyclone “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” displaced 41,597 residents. A Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council emergency meeting...
BACOLOD CITY – Two brothers conducting electrical work were fatally electrocuted in a restaurant in Barangay Pedro, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 2. Police identified the fatalities as Dexter, 45, and his older brother Roilan, 48, both residents of Barangay Santo Rosario,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Western Visayas (Region 6) has issued an interim cease and desist order (CDO) on the molasses discharge in the perimeter canal of Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Co. (Biscom) Inc. in...
BACOLOD CITY – Four barangays in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental have been affected by the molasses spill from a sugar mill. A MOLASSES spill hits four barangays in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. (Photo via Municipal Agriculture Office/Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office/FB) Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – A 14-year-old boy allegedly hacked his eight-year-old nephew to death in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental last week. Police Major Jun Ray Batadlan, Binalbagan police chief, said Tuesday that the victim was last seen alive with the suspect on Nov. 19. The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – A missing eight-year-old boy was found dead in Sitio Omot, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23. AN eight-year-old boy was found dead in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23, four days after he was reported...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old farmer was allegedly gunned down by his younger brother during an altercation in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 11. Police Major Jun Ray Batadlan, Binalbagan police chief, identified the victim as Elmer Estrelloso. Batadlan said...
BACOLOD CITY – A summa cum laude graduate of the Binalbagan Catholic College (BCC) in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental placed second in the May 2024 Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (CPA). MAG-ASO Joseph Mag-aso Jr. garnered 90.50 percent rating in the examination. The BCC, in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operation Unit (PDEG-SOU)-6 (Western Visayas) arrested a construction worker and his companion in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 22. POLICE arrested...
BACOLOD CITY – A farmer was found dead in a charcoal yard in Sitio Cabalanti-an, Barangay Amontay, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 29. Police withheld the name of the 52-year-old victim. A FARMER was killed in a charcoal field in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on April 29. ...
