BACOLOD CITY – Several barangays in nine local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental experienced light to heavy ashfall following the explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday night, Feb. 26. A report from the Negros Occidental Operations Center said light to moderate ashfall was...
BACOLOD CITY – Corporal Renold Gardose was laid to rest in Tapaz, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 days after he was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Gardose’s remains arrived in his hometown on Feb. 17 and a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the region was generally peaceful. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said that the event reminded Filipinos...
BACOLOD CITY – Some local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have suspended classes and government work on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Feb. 25 is a special working day pursuant to Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025, issued by...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region has stepped up security for the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution in the region on Wednesday. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, directed all provincial directors, police chiefs, and force...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has donated a P15.6-million lot as relocation site for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said they are letting the municipal government decided on how to develop the...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, are set to receive more than P2 billion in financial assistance under the national government’s “Bawat Bayan Makikinabang” (BBM) program. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson announced in a media...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate killings in Negros Island carried out by the New People’s Army (NPA). The 3rd ID said 28 individuals have been killed in Negros Island since March 2025 for an average of two fatalities per month....
The municipal government has urged people in Sitio Bairan, Barangay Gen. Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental to be vigilant as ground movement has been detected in an area suspected to be a sinkhole. Hospicio Carbajosa Jr., head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO),...
BACOLOD CITY – The police and military in Negros Island Region (NIR) have activated disaster response units and are on heightened alert following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday, Feb. 19. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR has prepared contingency and response measures in close...
BACOLOD CITY – Two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental evacuated a total of 59 families following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano Thursday, Feb. 19. Thirty-four families or 115 individuals were from La Carlota City and 25 families were from Bago City. Evacuees in La Carlota City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Negros Island Region (BFP-NIR) recorded a 40 percent reduction in fire incidents covering three provinces in 2025. Fire Chief Supt. Rodolfo Denaga, BFP-NIR director, in a press briefing at the Negros Press Club (NPC) here on Thursday, Feb. 19, said...
