BACOLOD CITY – Four local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental and public schools in Siquijor suspended face-to-face classes on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after the magnitude-6.9 earthquake in neighboring Cebu province on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. According to the Office of Civil Defense...
BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is on full alert following the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck northern Cebu and also affected Negros Island on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said that all police units...
BACOLOD CITY - Classes in some schools in this highly-urbanized city and local government units in Negros Occidental were suspended on Wednesday, Oct. 1, following the 6.9-magnitude tremor that hit Bogo City, Cebu, and also affected the province on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. In a Facebook post, E.B....
BACOLOD CITY - A 62-year-old caretaker was recently arrested in Barangay Estefania here for the murder of two sugarcane field caretakers. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the suspect, a resident of Barangay Talotog in Murcia, Negros Occidental, was the region’s...
The country’s longest-running provincial trade fair officially opened today at SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, igniting a new chapter for Negros heritage and enterprise with its 39th edition, “Himbon”—meaning “to gather.” Some of you may not remember that the Negros Trade Fair once...
BACOLOD CITY - The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that 53 barangays have been flooded in 11 local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, as of 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, due to tropical cyclone ‘’Opong.’’ Flooding affected 10 barangays in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Northern Negros Occidental reported on Friday afternoon, Sept. 26, that 298 passengers and drivers were stranded in various seaports due to severe tropical storm ‘’Opong.’’ The PCG suspended all sea trips in northern Negros Occidental and...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are currently monitoring the situation in various areas in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, as tropical cyclone ‘’Opong’’ initially displaced 1,298 individuals due to flooding on Friday, Sept. 26. The city government initially reported...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman and his companion were arrested for alleged involvement in gun-running activities in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Negros Island Region (NIR) arrested the 31-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old man was allegedly killed over an unpaid debt in Barangay Suba, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 20. Police Capt. Jesus Alba, chief of Calatrava Municipal Police Station, said the victim and his wife were riding a motorcycle on their way home when they...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Philippine Army 302nd Infantry Brigade in Negros Oriental respects the court’s decision to set free six youth activists who were incarcerated for seven years for alleged illegal possession of firearms and explosives. “We always abide by the rule of law and we respect the...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighty-one houses were destroyed by a fire in Greenville Bato, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 22. A report from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-San Carlos said 77 houses were totally and four were partially damaged. A concerned resident...
