BACOLOD CITY – A dead newborn baby girl was found in a garbage dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5. LIFELESS - The body of a lifeless baby girl was found at a dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May...
BACOLOD CITY – Some residents in two barangays in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental were evacuated following a clash between the New People’s Army rebels and the government troops. DISPLACED residents in an evacuation center in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building will soon rise in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. TOWN and police officials along with fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo (right), Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, PRO-Western Visayas director, and Mayor Jose Nadie...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes here and in some parts of Negros Occidental were suspended on Thursday, May 4, due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone and low-pressure area (LPA). AN area in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental was flooded early this week following torrential...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen filed homicide charges against a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed to death a young man and injured two others in a covered court in Barangay Caduha-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. Police Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said a...
BACOLOD CITY – A two-year-old boy died after he fell into a water well in Hacienda Ledesma, Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 1. The name of the minor victim was withheld. A POLICE officer points to a water well in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over P100,000 in financial assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. TEN former NPA rebels receive P100,00 financial assistance from the...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was found dead in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 29, a day after he was allegedly stabbed by his elder brother over a misunderstanding on Friday, April 28. Police identified the victim as Ronnie Enriquez, 35. POLICEMEN check a crime...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventy people were arrested as police raided an illegal cockfighting or “tupada” at the Hacienda Margarita in Barangay San Isidro, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 29. POLICEMEN arrested 70 persons after they were caught allegedly engaging in illegal...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental highlights the town’s progress spawned by the people’s unity and hard work as it celebrates the return of Ugyonan Festival. A GRAND parade graced by officials led by Mayor Marvin Malacon kicks off the 34th Ugyonan Festival...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugene Jose Lacson has welcomed the appointment of Pablo Luis Azcona as the acting administrator and chief executive officer of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). AZCONA “It’s good. Again, we’ve always wanted a Negrense to head the SRA,”...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The Philippine Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) announced on Wednesday, April 26, that it is giving a P1-million cash reward to anyone who could provide information that would result in the arrest of New People’s Army (NPA) hitman Roger Fabillar who is facing a string of...
