BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health is eyeing the construction of a mental health hospital in Negros Occidental. This was revealed by Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, DOH Undersecretary for Visayas, in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a day after a transition team of the DOH-Negros Island...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was set to return abroad next week was allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous live-in partner in Hacienda Paz, Barangay Canlandog, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 16. POLICE investigate a stabbing incident involving a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old farmer was gunned down in front of his live-in partner and their seven-year-old son in Sitio Huwebesan, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, October 16. A 54-year-old farmer was shot dead in Sitio Huwebesan, Barangay Marcelo,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old man was killed and four others, including two minors, were injured in a rumble with a group of teenagers in Barangay Guimbala-on, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 13. Police identified the fatality as Jake Sombria of Barangay Guimbala-on. Injured were...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-room hotel in the shape of a rooster within the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental has entered the Guinness World Records. A rooster-shaped hotel within the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental has entered the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two vendors and confiscated smuggled cigarettes valued at P892,385 at the Bago Public Market, Barangay Makiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, October 12. The suspects were identified as Nasif, 25, and Sadik, 21, residents of Barangay Balintawak,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 7 student is under the custody of the City Social Welfare and Development Office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental for allegedly bringing a firearm inside the premises of the Negros Oriental High School at noon on Friday, October 11. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar,...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighteen candidates in the 2025 mid-term elections in Negros Occidental are unopposed. Six are mayoral aspirants, seven are vice mayoral candidates, and five are for provincial board member. The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Negros Occidental said that unopposed in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old laborer was stabbed to death by his father during an argument in their home in Barangay Malingin, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, October 6. A 25-year-old man was stabbed dead by his father during an argument in their house in Barangay Malingin,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion has facilitated the application for amnesty of nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including four with key positions in northern Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 25. NINE former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old fisherman was killed by lightning during a thunderstorm in the sea of Purok Maguey, Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Tuesday afternoon, September 24. Police identified the victim as Mico Gemino of Barangay Tibsoc. Police Major Leo Estopa, San...
BACOLOD CITY – Canlaon City, Negros Oriental Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas has lifted the liquor ban and restrictions on establishments’ operating hours over Kanlaon Volcano. Cardenas issued and signed Executive Order (EO) No. 72 on September 20 as he noted that the current situation allows for...
