BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old woman was fatally electrocuted and her 80-year-old father was seriously injured during a family outing in a resort in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 25. Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, said the victims went to a...
BACOLOD CITY – A call for help on social media led to the rescue and safe return of seven residents of Negros Occidental victimized and stranded for two months by a fake job offer in Palawan. Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya responded swiftly after learning about the group’s plight online. In a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Manapla Port Stevedoring and Arrastre in Barangay Punta Salong, Manapla, Negros Occidental, announced on Sunday, May 25, that operations will commence on June 28, four months after the inauguration of the P180-million port on Feb. 2. In line with its opening, MPSA announced the...
BACOLOD CITY – Three residents of Negros Occidental topped the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers. Maria Carmel Delada of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) in Talisay City, Negros Occidental and Jacob Facultad of the Philippine Normal University-Visayas...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, along with rescuers and other partners, is currently clearing roads blocked by lahar and debris that overflowed from a creek in Sitio Tamburong, Barangay Biak na Bato. The creek overflowed two weeks after the explosive...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental suffered losses in agriculture amounting to P1.8 million from the recent eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. A report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist submitted to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, May 19, said high-value commercial crops...
BACOLOD CITY – Three individuals were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Panubigan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, May 21, for allegedly smuggling 250 reams of assorted cigarettes valued at P1.2 million. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson for Negros Oriental police,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old man was pinned to death by a concrete electric post near a public market in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 20. The victim was identified as Cyrel, a resident of Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City. Police Master Sgt. Dioscoro de Jose III,...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple died after they stabbed each other to death during a dispute over the repair of their home in Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 20. The fatalities were identified as Marilie, 26, a housemaid, and her common-law husband, Fernan, 30, a...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recovered 11,450 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P12.8 million in Sitio Bagambang, Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 19. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., Bacolod Maritime Police Station chief, said two men were arrested for loading the...
BACOLOD CITY - Eleven people, including five minors, were injured after a passenger jeepney crashed in Sitio Mambucano, Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, May 19. Police Major Rhazl Jim Jocson, deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said the jeepney...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region is inspecting the proposed sites for permanent evacuation centers and resettlement areas for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in four local government units in Negros Occidental. OCD-NIR Regional Director Donato Sermeno III...
