BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 21. The Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as Milky “Gorting”...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old community radio announcer was gunned down outside his house in Sitio Lapak Kawayanan, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police identified the victim as Julio Calo, also a job order casual employee in Himamaylan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A female tricycle driver and her passenger figured in a heated altercation that escalated into a physical fight over a fare in a public market in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of the Kabankalan City Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his two-year-old cousin in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 19. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the victim and his cousin found a firearm outside the victim’s...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has called on the public to remain calm and avoid panic buying as concerns rise over the ongoing oil crisis linked to tensions in the Middle East. Lacson joined a virtual local chief executives’ briefing on Tuesday, March 17, with the...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 185,315 household beneficiaries in the Negros Island Region (NIR) directly affected by the onslaught of typhoon ‘’Tino’’ (international name ‘’Kalmaegi’’) last November received P1.09 billion in Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) assistance as of Wednesday....
DUMAGUETE CITY – The head of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) urged local government units (LGUs) to assist law enforcers in monitoring fuel prices in their areas. Police Col. Timmar Alam, NOrPPO director, said in a press conference that police have been tasked with...
BACOLOD CITY – Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental suspended classes on Monday, March 16, following the moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Sunday, March 15. These LGUs were La Castellana, Binalbagan, Isabela, Hinigaran, and Himamaylan City. Local chief...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday said that the financial assistance program for barangays in the province will be temporarily put on hold because of the current situation in the Middle East. Lacson made the announcement during the annual distribution of financial aid to several...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental officially launched the 30th Panaad sa Negros Festival on Friday, March 13, a month before its formal kick-off on April 13. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the launching of the festival with the theme “30 Years of Bringing Negrenses...
BACOLOD CITY – A minor, accompanied by his father, surrendered to the Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Negros Island Region in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental following a viral Superman motorcycle stunt in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental recently. A video and photo of the rider were...
