BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old housewife was stabbed to death in her home in Sitio Dangalon, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 26. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of Kabankalan City Police Station, identified the victim as Ai-ai. Investigation said the...
Two Negros Occidental congressmen said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s fifth State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) Monday was one of his most substantial speeches for focusing on reducing electricity costs, promoting government accountability, and addressing issues affecting ordinary Filipinos. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Several local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, suspended classes on Friday, July 24, due to inclement weather from tropical cyclone Kiyapo enhanced by the southwest monsoon. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced that classes on all levels...
BACOLOD CITY – A 64-year-old man died after he was allegedly struck in the head with a stone by a 22-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor, who was a relative, in Barangay Ilaya, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 21. Police identified the victim as Rody. Investigation showed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) confirmed on Thursday, July 23, that criminal and administrative complaints were formally filed before the Office of the Ombudsman on Monday, July 20, against Negros Occidental third district Board Member Andrew Montelibano...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 10,285 near-poor households in three local government units (LGUs) are the initial beneficiaries of the national government’s Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) cash assistance in Negros Occidental. Data of the Department of Social...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 26-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and his two companions in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 16. The suspects were identified as SK Councilor Bingbong of Barangay Zone 6, Cadiz City, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police apprehended a barangay chairman from Victorias City, Negros Occidental for illegal possession of firearm and explosive on Friday, July 17. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) identified the suspect as Gar, 54, of Hacienda Nasipunan, Barangay 12. PRO-NIR...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said African Swine Fever (ASF) in the province is under control despite affecting 14 of the province 's 31 local government units (LGUs). Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, July 14, Lacson said the province 's response has been...
BACOLOD CITY – An online bomb threat rocked schools and establishments in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 11. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said it was posted in the Facebook public group “6127 Marketplace San Carlos City” by the account “Jim...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Board Member Andrew Montelibano is willing to be investigated after he was reportedly found in the vicinity of an illegal online cockfighting or e-sabong den in Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, July 8. In a press...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-hundred twenty families or 1,272 individuals evacuated from seven barangays in four local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental due to flooding triggered by heavy rain on Thursday, July 9. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said 300 families...
