BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a beach resort in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Police withheld the name of the victim but he is a resident of Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City and a kindergarten pupil. A KINDERGARTEN pupil...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed and their 18-year-old daughter was wounded after they were hacked by unidentified persons in Sitio Binalbagan, Barangay Masulog, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 5. A COUPLE was killed and their teenage daughter was wounded after they were...
BACOLOD CITY – Two nursing graduates from Negros Occidental placed eighth in the November 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination. NAKAR (via UNO-R) Mary Catherine Nakar, a resident of Kabankalan City, and Ellisha Leigh Perocho, from Bago City, both obtained a 91 percent rating in the board...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard killed his two daughters then himself in Barangay Buntis, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, said that the 30-year-old suspect went to the house of his wife to ask...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial board unanimously approved the province’s proposed P6.4-billion budget for next year during its regular session on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The expenditure is 18.8 percent higher by P1.022 billion than last year’s P5.4 billion. LACSON (FB) Gov. Eugenio...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old businessman was gunned down at the parking lot of his computer store in Barangay 40 here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The victim was identified as Michael Garcia, 39, of Barangay 40. A BUSINESSMAN was shot dead in the parking lot of his computer store in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old single mother was recently crowned as the first-ever Miss Universe Philippines-Negros Occidental. Franches Anne Laquibla, representing the municipality of Pontevedra, bested 20 other candidates during the coronation at the SMX Convention Center here. LAQUIBLA (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized shabu and marijuana worth more than P39 million and 1,130 drug suspects were arrested in Negros Occidental from Jan. 1 to Nov. 25 this year. NOCCPO grandstand (Glazyl Masculino) Recovered from the suspects were 5.8 kilos of suspected shabu and 1.5 kilos of...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman is under investigation over the death of his 29-year-old nephew during a scuffle over a gun in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, said the police officer...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was shot dead by gunmen who barged into his house in Sitio Napungalan 2, Barangay Jonobjonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, Dec. 1. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental recorded a 12.81 percent decrease in crimes with only 3,525 cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 25. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said crimes went down by 518 from 4,043 cases during the same period in 2023. The number of eight focus crimes...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old construction worker was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbor while pacifying an altercation in Barangay Bulwangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police chief, said the 22-year-old suspect went to...
