BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard has recorded 16,138 passengers traveling in and out of seaports in northern Negros Occidental since Oct. 31 for “Undas” or All Saints’ Day. Seven-thousand, eight-hundred seventeen were outbound passengers, 8,321 were inbound passengers, and 3,298...
BACOLOD CITY – An electronics engineering licensure examination topnotcher from La Carlota City, Negros Occidental topped the October 2024 Electronics Technician Licensure Examination (ECTLE). Engr. Niele Shem Bañas garnered a 93 percent rating in the ECTLE, six months after topping the April...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is on heightened alert for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. POLICE secure a cemetery in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) A total of 1,601 law enforcers were deployed...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his son "high" on drugs in their house in Hacienda Bacsay, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Police Major Rhojn Darell Nigos, La Castellana police chief, identified the victim as Rolando...
BACOLOD CITY – Four fishermen were rescued from rough seas generated by severe tropical storm “Kristine” in Negros Occidental last week. Commander Jansen Benjamin, head of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental, identified them as Robin Fajardo, 42, and Jose Carlo Jurial,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental has launched a search and rescue operation for two fishermen from Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental missing since Thursday, Oct. 24. A SEARCH and rescue operation is ongoing to find two fishermen who went...
BACOLOD CITY – Three-hundred eighteen houses have been damaged by severe tropical storm “Kristine” in 13 local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental. RESCUERS assist a person who was stranded on a coconut tree due to a flashflood spawned by tropical cyclone ‘Kristine’ in Moises...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental announced on Wednesday, Oct. 23, that its official Facebook page has been recovered after it was hacked on Tuesday morning, Oct. 22. “We are glad to announce that we have recovered and regained full control of the page,” Gov....
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental logged P3.9 million in damage to agriculture from severe tropical storm “Kristine” as of 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24. THE City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office clears fallen trees in Puentevella Subdivision, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – Severe tropical storm “Kristine” has displaced 932 families or 3,395 individuals in this city and Negros Occidental province. The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council said 764 families or 2,811 individuals in 19 barangays in six municipalities were affected due to...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 315 passengers were stranded in three seaports in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 23, after the province was placed under Signal No. 1 due to severe tropical storm Kristine. PASSENGERS are stranded at the Bredco port in Bacolod City after Negros Occidental was...
BACOLOD CITY – The official Facebook page of the provincial government of Negros Occidental was hacked on Tuesday morning, Oct. 22. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson informed the public about the hacking incident and assured that their Information Technology (IT) department is doing its best to remedy the...
