BACOLOD CITY – A truck driver and his helper died after they were electrocuted in Purok Kalong-Kalong, Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 25. A TRUCK driver and his helper died after they were electrocuted in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY -- A government employee was wounded after he was shot by unidentified assailants riding-in-tandem at his house in Barangay 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 24. Police cordon the house of a government employee, who was wounded in a gun attack in Barangay 9,...
AWARD FOR NVC –The Negrense Volunteer for Change (NVC) Foundation led by its president Millie Kilayko (second from right) was conferred the Parangal Lingkod Sambayanan award during the special academic convocation for Traditional Awards of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) in Manila Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY - Two soldiers were killed in an ambush allegedly staged by the New People’s Army (NPA) at Sitio Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 24. Police cordon the area in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, where two soldiers...
BACOLOD CITY -- A young man died after his motorcycle collided with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) at Hacienda Nueva, Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 22. People flock to an area in Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, where a motorcycle rider died,...
BACOLOD CITY – An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was arrested and yielded suspected shabu weighing 16 grams valued at P108,800 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Enclaro, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 21. AN overseas Filipino worker was arrested in a buy-bust operation and...
Namit gid ah! When we talk about Negros Occidental, the usual things that come to mind are its historical sites, Bacolod’s Massakara Festival, and, of course, the sugar cane. Dubbed Sugarlandia, this humble province located in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines is blessed to have vast...
BACOLOD CITY – A young man was killed while his companion was injured after their motorcycle crashed into a parked truck in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 21. RESCUERS respond to an accident in which a young man was killed on Monday, Nov. 21, in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – New People’s Army rebels gunned down a former barangay tanod or watchman in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 20. A POLICE officer probes the area in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental where a former barangay watchman from Moises...
BACOLOD CITY --The police and military arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, a member of the Yunit Militia of the New People’s Army (NPA) tagged in the killing of a former barangay chairman in Isabela, Negros Occidental in 2018. An arrest warrant for murder with no bail recommended was served against...
A newly-completed revetment wall project in Manapla, Negros Occidental now shields coastal communities and safeguards farmlands from perennial flooding, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo by DPWH The new structure is located at Barangay Punta Mesa and...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve centenarians in Negros Occidental received P100,000 each from the provincial government on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Municipal and provincial officials lead the turnover of P100,000 cash gift to centenarian awardee Herminigilda Donasco of Barangay Damgo, E.B. Magalona, Negros...
