BACOLOD CITY -- The first-ever lady mayor of Talisay City, Negros Occidental, was sworn in on Monday, June 30. Lawyer Rowena Lizares was inducted by Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Therese Blanche Bolunia at the Talisay public plaza after attending a Mass with her family, friends,...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental and the Incident Management Team (IMT) have urged Kanlaon Volcano evacuees who left an evacuation center without permission to come back. In a Facebook post, the local government emphasized that evacuees are allowed to...
BACOLOD CITY – A P12-billion tunnel connecting Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to Tayasan town in Negros Oriental has been proposed to create a shorter route between the two provinces. Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson Jr. announced the plan after taking his oath for his third and final...
BACOLOD CITY – The newly established Department of Education-Negros Island Region (DepEd-NIR) reported a shortage of 6,298 classrooms and 877 teachers. Almyr Caezar Dequiña, public information officer of DepEd-NIR, said schools have been vocal in expressing the lack of classrooms. “We are...
BACOLOD CITY – Silay City Mayor Joedith Gallego on Friday assured immediate assistance and other necessary support to the victims of the tragic crash involving a city government-owned mini dump truck in Barangay Guimbala-on. Based on the initial police report, a group of job order employees who...
BACOLOD CITY – Five people were killed when a mini-dump truck with 24 passengers overturned in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday morning, June 27. Police Lt. Grace Eran, administrative officer of the Silay City Police Station, identified the fatalities as Rafael...
BACOLOD CITY -- Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson reported that none of the 121 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the province currently based in Israel have expressed a desire to return home due to ongoing tensions in the region. “So far, none of them have signified an intention to...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental, in partnership with the Federation of Irrigators’ Association of Central Negros-Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) Inc., started selling rice at P20 per kilo to vulnerable sectors in Pulupandan town on Tuesday, June 24. ...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) assured the public there is no cause for alarm over the first confirmed case of monkeypox (Mpox) in Negros Occidental. “Indi magpakulba (Don’t be scared), said Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan in a media interview Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Talisay City in Negros Occidental logged its first monkeypox (Mpox) case. Mayor Neil Lizares, in a statement released on social media on Monday night, June 23, said the patient is currently in stable condition, under close medical supervision, properly isolated, and receiving...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were killed in motorcycle accidents in Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 22. A 44-year-old call center agent died after he sideswiped a center island and hit his head on a concrete post in Purok Roadside Barangay Tangub here. Police Executive Master Sgt. Rodney...
BACOLOD CITY – Five job order casual employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental tested positive for illegal drug use, said Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II. A total of 1,878 provincial government employees underwent a random drug testing on Monday, June 16. Diaz said...
