BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded eight dengue fatalities as of Aug. 2. The PHO said 3,813 cases have been recorded from Jan. 1 to Aug. 2, an increase of 62.46 percent or 1,466 compared to the same period in 2024 with only 2,347. Ten out of 31 local...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-one families or 225 individuals affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental returned home on Thursday, Aug. 14, after eight months in an evacuation center. The La Carlota City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office transported...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is actively promoting 911 as the primary emergency number in the province. During a media briefing at the provincial police headquarters here on Wednesday, Aug. 13, Negros Occidental police director Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria was elected chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in the newly-established Negros Island Region (NIR). Christina Marie Gaston of the Association of Negros Producers based in Negros Occidental was elected...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was stabbed to death by his stepbrother over an old grudge in a computer shop in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Aug. 10. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, said the 27-year-old suspect, Lex, allegedly stabbed his 41-year-old stepbrother Ian while he...
BACOLOD CITY – Three suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims were found in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Aug. 11. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, expressed concern over the gruesome discovery. A Special...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a 19-year-old aeronautics student from Barangay Alangilan here was found on Sunday morning, Aug. 10, in a sugarcane field in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said the victim was discovered around 5:30 a.m....
BACOLOD CITY – A 10-year-old boy drowned on a river in Barangay 1, Isabela town, Negros Occidental province on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 9. Police said the victim, a resident of Barangay 4, Isabela town, was swimming with two minor friends when he accidentally ventured into a deep part of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 31-year-old barangay councilor and her 60-year-old mother-in-law were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio San Roque, Purok 5, Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Police identified the suspects as barangay official Pam and her mother-in-law...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) tragically passed away before reuniting with her family, after she was found lifeless inside a bus that had just docked in a seaport in San Jose, Negros Oriental on Monday, Aug. 4. The woman’s story has gone viral online, drawing...
BACOLOD CITY – After eight months of staying in evacuation centers, 471 families or 1,548 individuals residing outside the four-kilometer danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental have returned home on Aug. 1, Mayor Añejo Nicor said. This follows the recent downgrading...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on newly-elected local officials to work toward building a safer, more inclusive, and progressive province, emphasizing that true progress must be felt by those who have the least. “If it is not felt, then we have fallen short of...
