BACOLOD CITY – Barangays 6 and Montilla topped this year’s Magayon Hinuptanan 2026 street dance and arena competition in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 24. Barangay 6, representing Category A for small barangays, and Barangay Montilla, representing Category B for large...
BACOLOD CITY - A 33-year-old fisherman was allegedly stabbed dead by his brother due to a land conflict in Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 25. The victim was identified by authorities as Jovan. Investigation said that the victim and the 42-year-old suspect...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson backed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's national energy emergency declaration, saying it would give the national government more flexibility to respond effectively. “We support that and we will see what the result of this declaration is,”...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple for allegedly robbing and killing a 57-year-old Turkish national in Barangay Canlamay, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 22. The victim, a resident of Barangay Cabug in this city, was found dead in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Canlamay at 2...
BACOLOD CITY – One person was killed and five individuals were wounded in a shooting on Sunday, March 22, in a fiesta in Sitio Buntoranon, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of the Escalante City Police Station, said the suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is hunting the gunman of a 49-year-old radio block timer in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Authorities are determining the motive behind the murder of Julio Calo. Intelligence units...
BACOLOD CITY – The Himotadan ang Divinang Paraiso tribe emerged as winner in this year’s five-contingent Sinigay sa Sagay Saot para sa Dunang Manggad and swept most of the major awards during the Sinigayan Festival competition held on Friday, March 20 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 21. The Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as Milky “Gorting”...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old community radio announcer was gunned down outside his house in Sitio Lapak Kawayanan, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police identified the victim as Julio Calo, also a job order casual employee in Himamaylan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A female tricycle driver and her passenger figured in a heated altercation that escalated into a physical fight over a fare in a public market in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 20. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of the Kabankalan City Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his two-year-old cousin in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 19. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the victim and his cousin found a firearm outside the victim’s...
