BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-nine persons were apprehended for violating the election gun ban in Negros Island from Jan. 12 to June 11. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office caught 41, followed by Bacolod City Police Office with 15, and Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office with 13. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 2,000 evacuees from five barangays in La Castellana, Negros Occidental will be relocated from school-evacuation centers to areas designated as safe sites to continue their temporary stay amid the continuing threat of Kanlaon Volcano. The municipal government has started...
BACOLOD CITY – The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Dec. 1 are pushing through, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said here. “It’s a go,” Garcia said, expressing confidence that Congress will soon finalize the bill affirming the Dec. 1 election...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will continue working directly with the Federation of Irrigators’ Association of Central Negros-Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) in implementing the P20 per kilo rice program of the national government in the province. ...
BACOLOD CITY – A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a passenger jeepney in Barangay Zone 8, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, June 8. She was reported on Monday morning, June 9, to the police who referred the case to the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental is offering a P10,000 cash reward to individuals who can arrest a person disrupting the peace and order during a fiesta in the town. Councilor now Mayor-elect Richard Jaojoco said that this initiative is aimed at preventing any commotion...
BACOLOD CITY – Eight members of a family were injured after the jeepney they were riding in plunged into a canal on their way to attend a college graduation in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday morning, June 8. The victims were residents of Barangay Minautok, Calatrava,...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has released cash incentives totaling P1.3 million to athletes who won medals in the recent Palarong Pambansa 2025 in Ilocos Norte. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, with Dr. Ramir Uytico, Department of Education-Negros Island Region...
BACOLOD CITY – The two drivers who were involved in the tragic death of a six-month pregnant nurse in Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental were released from police custody on Tuesday afternoon, June 3, after they posted a total bail of P120,000. Police Lt. Col. Ariel Pico, Bago City...
BACOLOD CITY – As the opening of classes on June 16 approaches, the lack of available classrooms remains a major challenge in schools being used as evacuation centers for individuals displaced by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption in Negros Occidental, particularly in La Castellana town. Around 2,448...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has created a task force to effectively prevent and control the spread of monkeypox (Mpox) in Negros Oriental although no case has been recorded in the province. Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria issued an executive order on Monday, June 2, establishing the Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Two drivers have been charged for the death of a six-month pregnant nurse in a road accident in Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 1. Police Lt. Col. Ariel Pico, Bago City police chief, said that a case for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple...
