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...
BACOLOD CITY – La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Mayor Rex Jalando-on postponed this year’s Pasalamat Festival due to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8. JALANDO-ON In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, April 11, Jalando-on said that continued volcanic activity has affected...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has stepped up its security for the summer vacation with the deployment of 595 policemen across the province. POLICE deployed for the ‘Oplan: Summer Vacation 2025’ to ensure the safety of the residents and visitors in San Carlos...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old policeman was killed in a motorcycle-truck collision in Taytay Candaguit, Barangay Baliwagan, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 10. A 32-year-old policeman was killed in a motorcycle-truck collision in Barangay Baliwagan, San Enrique, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old candidate for municipal councilor in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was killed in a collision between a tricycle and truck in Hacienda Carmenchita, Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra on Tuesday night, April 8. A 54-year-old candidate for municipal...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recovered suspected shabu valued at P27.2 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maslog, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, April 9. Police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Eljin, a resident of Bais City, Negros Oriental....
An explosive eruption occurs at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8, 2025, producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall that drifted southwest. (Phivolcs) The Department of Tourism (DOT) suspended on Wednesday, April 9, all tourism activities near Kanlaon Volcano as...
La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Mayor Rex Jalandoon has reminded the public about the health risks posed by sulfur from ashfall from the Kanlaon Volcano eruption on Tuesday, April 8. A MAN applies sulfur on his skin from ashfall caused by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8. (Screengrab...
BACOLOD CITY – Sugar Regulatory Administration Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona ordered the evacuation of 227 personnel from their research facility in La Granja, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, due to ashfall from the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Tuesday, April 8. ASH from Kanlaon Volcano...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-6 (Western Visayas) seized two kilos of suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million from a 23-year-old drug mule during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bantayanon, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 7. AUTHORITIES...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old man was shot and killed by his relative over garbage dumped in a right-of-way in Purok Narra, Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 6. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, deputy chief of the Murcia Municipal Police Station, said the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – A 31-year-old farmer was gored to death by his own carabao in Sitio Manpahong, Barangay Banogbanog, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 4. A 31-year-old farmer was gored to death by his carabao in Barangay Banogbanog, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Friday, April 4. (Photo...
