BACOLOD CITY -- A deep-seated grudge triggered a son to hack his father to death during a drinking session in Sitio Fuentes, Barangay Mabini, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 26. Police identified the victim as Mariano Aberina, 46, of Barangay Mabini. A father died after he was...
BACOLOD CITY - A father and his son were died in a road accident in Barangay Tortosa, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 27. The victims were identified as Francisco Pangantihon, 51; and his son Francis, 23, a Criminology student. A police officer waits outside a hospital after two persons...
BACOLOD CITY - “It is not giving a good reflection of the province (Negros Occidental).” This was the reaction of Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer after some supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo reportedly threw flyers at former Senator Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr. during the...
BACOLOD CITY - Thirteen persons were arrested after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided two alleged drug dens here and in Negros Occidental on Thursday. PDEA agents arrest eight persons in an alleged drug den in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-eight out of 31 local chief executives in Negros Occidental expressed their support to the bid of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who’s running for vice president in the May 2022 elections. Presidential aspirant...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio continues to hammer home her message of unity wherever she goes on the campaign trail. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio making rounds in Bacolod on Feb. 23, 2022 (HNP Media) Over in Bacolod, Negros...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s bid to woo Negros Occidental, the province where he lost in the 2016 vice presidential race, seems fruitful after earning the endorsement of majority of its mayors, although it does not mean an automatic support from its voting population....
BACOLOD CITY - A man was gunned down in front of his wife and three children while defending his brother in Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 21. Police cordon off the area in Barangay Maao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, where a man was shot dead in front of his family on...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno paid tribute to the victims of the Escalante Massacre by joining a unity walk during his recent visit to Negros Occidental. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno joins unity walk to honor victims of Escalante Massacre on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (Photo from...
There is, still, a rainbow after the rain Bugnai Tree by Erika Velasco If there was a time in recent memory that Negros Occidental was visited by floods with uncanny timing, it would have been the year that has just passed, 2021. On New Year’s Day, from North to South, the province was besieged....
President Duterte has described his experience of assessing the damage caused by typhoon "Odette" in the various provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao as "soul-bruising". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) But it's the fate of one particular coastal city in Negros...
Vice President Leni Robredo penned an appreciation post to actress-TV host Kris Aquino for joining her in delivering assistance to Typhoon “Odette” victims in Negros Occidental last Tuesday, Dec. 21. Actress-TV host Kris Aquino and Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from Robredo via Facebook)...
