BACOLOD CITY – An 87-year-old man perished in a fire that destroyed his house in Pantalan-daan, Barangay 1, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental past midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 26. An 87-year-old man was killed and two others, including his live-in partner, were injured in a fire in Barangay 1,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Gerry Rojas has offered a P10,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of individuals who shot and injured a dog using improvised dart arrows in Murcia, Negros Occidental. BACH Project PH FB The Bach Project PH said on Facebook that the dog named Tiktok was shot...
A lawmaker is pushing for the timely implementation of the measure that will facilitate the establishment of government facilities closer to Negros Island communities--something that is deemed crucial for the island's economic progress. Negros Occidental 6th district Rep. Mercedes Alvarez...
BACOLOD CITY – The 70-year-old ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco in Purok Malinawon, Barangay Poblacion, Toboso, Negros Occidental was destroyed by a fire on Friday, Feb. 21. THE ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco was destroyed in a fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-thousand households in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental have no water after the intake tank of a treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal. San Carlos City was damaged by a flashflood due to heavy rain on Sunday, Feb. 23. FLASHFLOOD damaged...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families displaced by the Dec. 9, 2024 eruption of Kanlaon Volcano are set to move to the modernized bahay kubo or nipa hut in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental next month. THE Bago City government in Negros Occidental opened the Payag sang Kapag-on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Supreme Court decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters could impact the livelihoods of more than 45,000 marginalized fishing communities in Negros Occidental, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said. Lacson stated that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental announced the full resumption on Monday, Feb. 24, of face-to-face classes in elementary and high school suspended due to Kanlaon Volcano. Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo issued Executive Order No. 204 on Feb. 20...
Kanlaon Volcano (File photo) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it was prepared to lead a national task force that would address the immediate and long-term needs of communities affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island. In a statement Saturday, Feb. 22, OCD Administrator...
Reelectionist Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing for amendments to the Philippine Fisheries Code (RA 8550) to restore protection for marginal fisherfolk, including the blue crab producers of Negros Occidental, in the country's municipal waters. He made the remark in response to a question...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old college student in Barangay Magallon Cadre, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental as a possible self-accident rather than the initial hit-and-run incident. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/20/college-student-killed-in-hit-and-run...
BACOLOD CITY – Senatorial candidate Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao backs the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) bridge project for its potential to drive economic growth and create job opportunities in rural areas in Western Visayas. PACQUIAO (Glazyl Masculino) Pacquiao, speaking in a press...
