BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple for allegedly robbing and killing a 57-year-old Turkish national in Barangay Canlamay, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 22. The victim, a resident of Barangay Cabug in this city, was found dead in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Canlamay at 2...
BACOLOD CITY – One person was killed and five individuals were wounded in a shooting on Sunday, March 22, in a fiesta in Sitio Buntoranon, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of the Escalante City Police Station, said the suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is hunting the gunman of a 49-year-old radio block timer in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Authorities are determining the motive behind the murder of Julio Calo. Intelligence units...
BACOLOD CITY – The Himotadan ang Divinang Paraiso tribe emerged as winner in this year’s five-contingent Sinigay sa Sagay Saot para sa Dunang Manggad and swept most of the major awards during the Sinigayan Festival competition held on Friday, March 20 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 21. The Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as Milky “Gorting”...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old community radio announcer was gunned down outside his house in Sitio Lapak Kawayanan, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police identified the victim as Julio Calo, also a job order casual employee in Himamaylan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A female tricycle driver and her passenger figured in a heated altercation that escalated into a physical fight over a fare in a public market in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of the Kabankalan City Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his two-year-old cousin in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 19. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the victim and his cousin found a firearm outside the victim’s...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has called on the public to remain calm and avoid panic buying as concerns rise over the ongoing oil crisis linked to tensions in the Middle East. Lacson joined a virtual local chief executives’ briefing on Tuesday, March 17, with the...
BACOLOD CITY – Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental suspended classes on Monday, March 16, following the moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Sunday, March 15. These LGUs were La Castellana, Binalbagan, Isabela, Hinigaran, and Himamaylan City. Local chief...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday said that the financial assistance program for barangays in the province will be temporarily put on hold because of the current situation in the Middle East. Lacson made the announcement during the annual distribution of financial aid to several...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental officially launched the 30th Panaad sa Negros Festival on Friday, March 13, a month before its formal kick-off on April 13. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the launching of the festival with the theme “30 Years of Bringing Negrenses...
