BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Western Visayas (Region 6) has issued an interim cease and desist order (CDO) on the molasses discharge in the perimeter canal of Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Co. (Biscom) Inc. in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Press Club has asked the police to investigate the attack against 59-year-old radio blocktimer Reynaldo Siason in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Easter Sunday. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/4/21/article-3059 “NPC wishes the Philippine National Police (PNP) a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist reported that almost P1 million in high-value commercial crops in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, were damaged by the April 8 eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. ASHFALL hits Barangay La Granja, La Carlota City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Outdoor mass gatherings at the public plaza and Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School oval in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental have been discouraged due to Kanlaon Volcano. JALANDO-ON (Photo via MyLa Carlota FB) The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
BACOLOD CITY – Four barangays in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental have been affected by the molasses spill from a sugar mill. A MOLASSES spill hits four barangays in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. (Photo via Municipal Agriculture Office/Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office/FB) Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY - A 41-year-old woman was arrested by authorities after she was caught with a sachet of suspected shabu worth P3,400 during a visit to her live-in partner at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 20....
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons have died from dengue in Negros Occidental province as of April 5 this year. The Provincial Health Office, in a report to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, said that the latest fatality was a 49-year-old woman from Bago City. The first dengue death in the province, an...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old farmer was shot and killed by three unidentified gunmen in Sitio Bairan, Barangay Gen. Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 15. Police said the victim was resting inside his home when gunfire erupted outside. The victim tried to flee by...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is on heightened alert starting Wednesday, April 16, to ensure public safety during Holy Week and the May 12 midterm elections. POLICE Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay (center), newly-installed officer-in-charge of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 14. The victim was Police Staff Sgt. Hero John Trayco, 36, an intelligence officer assigned to the Bago City Police Station and a resident of Barangay Napoles, Bago...
BACOLOD CITY – The Victorias City government and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) recently inked an agreement to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Negros Occidental. OCD Administrator Underseretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, who also leads the Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three barangays in Bago City, Negros Occidental experienced light ashfall following an ash emission from Kanlaon Volcano shortly before noon on Monday, April 14. The Bago City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that it received a report that ash fell on Barangays...
