BACOLOD CITY – Three local government units in Negros Occidental are now headed by couples who emerged victorious in the midterm elections. THREE couples won the elections in Negros Occidental. The Mirandas (top photo), Yulos (middle), and the Arceos (photo above). In Kabankalan City, Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – The prosecutor’s office has dismissed a vote-buying complaint against a 36-year-old man in Bacong, Negros Oriental, according to Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) Assistant Regional Director Jossil Macute. Macute explained that the case was dropped due to...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were wounded in the Election Day gun attack in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) released the names of the wounded hours after the incident happened at 7 a.m. in Barangay Mambulac. Killed in the shooting were...
BACOLOD CITY - Two persons were killed and five others were wounded after a barangay chairman and his two companions allegedly opened fire without provocation while passing through Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, May 12. REELECTIONIST Mayor Joedith Gallego...
Police arrested a 57-year-old farmer after guns and bullets were recovered during a raid in his house in Sitio Cansilayan, Barangay 11, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 10, as part of heightened security operations in Negros Island ahead of the May 12 elections. A 57-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old man was arrested after envelopes allegedly containing cash and sample ballots were found in his possession in a checkpoint on Burgos St., Barangay Lutao, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Saturday, May 10. The suspect, Romnick, a resident of Barangay Combado, Bacong, was...
BACOLOD CITY – The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) has deployed 310 personnel to augment police securing the May 12 mid-term elections in the Negros Island Region (NIR). Commodore Ludovico Librilla Jr., commander of PCG District Southern Visayas, said that 97 were sent to Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was electrocuted to death by a cellphone charger in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 7. POLICE talk to the family of a six-year-old girl who was fatally electrocuted in their house in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-one families or 2,373 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from five Kanlaon Volcano-hit barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental will vote on May 12. Edna Lhou Masicampo, city’s public information officer, said that they have estimated three voters per...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Thursday said that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has asked the support of governors, particularly those running unopposed, to help three lagging senatorial candidates of the administration Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas win on Monday. Lacson said...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division is mobilizing 2,524 troops to augment police securing the May 12 elections in Negros Island. Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, 3rd ID spokesperson, said that 1,487 soldiers from the 302nd Infantry Brigade based in Negros Oriental and around 1,037 under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sagay City government in Negros Occidental recently launched another tourism destination in Barangay Vito that will boost sustainable eco-tourism and provide inclusive economic opportunity to the community. The newly-opened “Pala-Pala sa Vito” inside the Vito Visitor Center...
