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...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has affirmed that the May 12 mid-term elections will proceed as scheduled across Negros Island amid the threat of Kanlaon Volcano. COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia (third from left) and Office of Civil Defense...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Negros Island Region (NIR) assured the public that the New People’s Army (NPA) is unlikely to disrupt the elections on May 12. A candle-lighting ceremony was held at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Cebu on Tuesday, April 29, in honor...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has signed an agreement with WeGen Energy Philippines Inc. for the installation of a 1,270 kilowatt-hour (kwh) rooftop solar project across key facilities in Negros Occidental. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (seated center) and WeGen vice...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 310 policemen here will be tapped to augment security forces in Negros Oriental for the May 12 midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Negros Island Region (NIR) Regional Director Lionel Marco Castillano said. BRIG. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of the Army...
BACOLOD CITY – University of the Philippines (UP)-Cebu alumna Jhon Isidor Supelanas, alias Dalia or Dee, was among those killed in a series of clashes between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on April 27. SUPELANAS READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of seven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of encounters with the military in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 27. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/4/27/5-npa-rebels-slain-in-kabankalan-clashes Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon,...
BACOLOD CITY – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of clashes with government forces in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 27. Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, spokesperson for the Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said that the fatalities were...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government hailed the return of the Mango Harvesters painting of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo to the Hofileña Museum in Silay City, Negros Occidental. FERNANDO Amorsolo's Mango Harvester's painting. (FB) The 1936 painting, stolen from the...
