BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has activated its Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Help Desk and Hotline to assist residents whose families, friends, and loved ones are in areas affected by the conflict in the Middle East. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II...
BACOLOD CITY – A Chinese national and eight other individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in Barangay Bacuyangan, Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental, a police report on Saturday showed. The suspects’ arrest on Feb. 26 was part of the intensified...
Seven unidentified armed men gunned down a 61-year-old chief village peacekeeper at the barangay hall of Pinapugasan Proper in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 28. Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of Escalante City Police Station, identified the victim as Eduardo....
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental extended P120,000 financial assistance to the family of the three siblings who were brutally attacked in their house in Silay City early this month. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson personally turned over a check to Ronelyn, the mother of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-three families or 81 individuals in three barangays in two local government units in Negros Occidental fled the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday, Feb. 26. The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) said 13 families or 40 persons were evacuated from...
BACOLOD CITY – Several barangays in nine local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental experienced light to heavy ashfall following the explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday night, Feb. 26. A report from the Negros Occidental Operations Center said light to moderate ashfall was...
BACOLOD CITY – Corporal Renold Gardose was laid to rest in Tapaz, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 days after he was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Gardose’s remains arrived in his hometown on Feb. 17 and a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the region was generally peaceful. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said that the event reminded Filipinos...
BACOLOD CITY – Some local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have suspended classes and government work on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Feb. 25 is a special working day pursuant to Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025, issued by...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region has stepped up security for the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution in the region on Wednesday. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, directed all provincial directors, police chiefs, and force...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has donated a P15.6-million lot as relocation site for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said they are letting the municipal government decided on how to develop the...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, are set to receive more than P2 billion in financial assistance under the national government’s “Bawat Bayan Makikinabang” (BBM) program. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson announced in a media...
