BACOLOD CITY - A 41-year-old woman was arrested by authorities after she was caught with a sachet of suspected shabu worth P3,400 during a visit to her live-in partner at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 20....
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons have died from dengue in Negros Occidental province as of April 5 this year. The Provincial Health Office, in a report to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, said that the latest fatality was a 49-year-old woman from Bago City. The first dengue death in the province, an...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old farmer was shot and killed by three unidentified gunmen in Sitio Bairan, Barangay Gen. Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 15. Police said the victim was resting inside his home when gunfire erupted outside. The victim tried to flee by...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 14. The victim was Police Staff Sgt. Hero John Trayco, 36, an intelligence officer assigned to the Bago City Police Station and a resident of Barangay Napoles, Bago...
BACOLOD CITY – The Victorias City government and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) recently inked an agreement to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Negros Occidental. OCD Administrator Underseretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, who also leads the Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three barangays in Bago City, Negros Occidental experienced light ashfall following an ash emission from Kanlaon Volcano shortly before noon on Monday, April 14. The Bago City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that it received a report that ash fell on Barangays...
BACOLOD CITY – La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Mayor Rex Jalando-on postponed this year’s Pasalamat Festival due to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8. JALANDO-ON In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, April 11, Jalando-on said that continued volcanic activity has affected...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has stepped up its security for the summer vacation with the deployment of 595 policemen across the province. POLICE deployed for the ‘Oplan: Summer Vacation 2025’ to ensure the safety of the residents and visitors in San Carlos...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old policeman was killed in a motorcycle-truck collision in Taytay Candaguit, Barangay Baliwagan, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 10. A 32-year-old policeman was killed in a motorcycle-truck collision in Barangay Baliwagan, San Enrique, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old candidate for municipal councilor in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was killed in a collision between a tricycle and truck in Hacienda Carmenchita, Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra on Tuesday night, April 8. A 54-year-old candidate for municipal...
La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Mayor Rex Jalandoon has reminded the public about the health risks posed by sulfur from ashfall from the Kanlaon Volcano eruption on Tuesday, April 8. A MAN applies sulfur on his skin from ashfall caused by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8. (Screengrab...
BACOLOD CITY – Sugar Regulatory Administration Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona ordered the evacuation of 227 personnel from their research facility in La Granja, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, due to ashfall from the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Tuesday, April 8. ASH from Kanlaon Volcano...
