BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Binalbagan in Negros Occidental is eyeing a state of calamity after flooding caused by tropical cyclone “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” displaced 41,597 residents. A Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council emergency meeting...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson paid his last respects to overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Leah Mosquera, a native of San Enrique town, whose remains arrived in the province on Thursday, July 24. Lacson joined the grieving family and friends of Mosquera as her remains...
BACOLOD CITY – Agricultural losses in the province of Negros Occidental caused by tropical cyclone “Crising” have reached P44.49 million as of Tuesday, July 22. A report from the Office of Civil Defense released on Wednesday, July 23, said 1,784 farmers and fisherfolk were displaced and 1,385...
BACOLOD CITY – Six persons, including two Persons with Disability (PWDs), were killed during the onslaught of tropical cyclone “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” in Negros Occidental last week. The fatalities were an 84-year-old PWD who drowned in Binalbagan town on...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental sustained P5.9 million in damage to agriculture from tropical cyclone ‘’Crising’’ and the southwest monsoon or habagat, a report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center released by the Office of Civil Defense-6 (Western Visayas) on...
Negros Occidental officials lauded Manny Pacquiao’s grit against Mario Barrios in their WBC welterweight title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday. Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya commended Pacquiao for inspiring unity and pride among Filipinos. “Though the fight ended in a draw, for us, you...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 139 houses were damaged by flood and strong winds due to heavy rains from the southwest monsoon and tropical cyclone ‘’Crising’’ here and Negros Occidental. As of Sunday, July 20, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that 14 and...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was allegedly shot and killed by his friend over a P1,500 debt in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 16. Police Lt. Col. Alvin Christopher Baybayan, Talisay City police chief, said the 48-year-old suspect and the victim chanced...
BACOLOD CITY – A maid and a painter were electrocuted to death in Barangay Talacagay, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, July 17. The victims were a 36-year-old woman from Basay, Negros Oriental, and a 40-year-old man from Hinoba-an. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals or 250 families have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains from tropical depression ‘’Crising’’ in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Thursday. Majority of them are in Isabela town, with...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, suspended classes on Thursday, July 17, due to tropical depression “Crising.” LGUs that suspended classes were the cities of Himamaylan, Sipalay, Kabankalan, Bago, Talisay, Silay, La...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes on all levels across Negros Oriental were suspended until further notice due to heavy rain and flooding caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and tropical depression “Crising.” Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria issued an executive order on Wednesday, July 16,...
