BACOLOD CITY -- Four drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation at a rented house in Barangay Enclaro, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 1. Major Randy Babor, Binalbagan police chief, identified the subject as Jepe Balbon, while the three others were reportedly clients...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has intensified its efforts to eliminate child labor in Negros Oriental (NegOr). The agency reported that child labor in NegOr is prevalent. Ma. Teresa Tanquiamco, officer-in-charge of DOLE-7’s Negros Oriental Field...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was killed while four others were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a passenger bus in Kalaparan, Barangay Pilar, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 31. RESCUERS respond to a vehicular accident that killed one man and wounded four...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. joined other officials in mourning the death of Negros Oriental Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes, whom he said served the people of the province “so faithfully.” (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Gov. Guido Reyes via Facebook) Marcos...
BACOLOD CITY – A 70-year-old woman died after she was struck by an ambulance in Barangay 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 30. Police identified the victim as Angeles Arsalem of Barangay 9. Police Senior Master Sergeant Arnold Tadiaque, investigator of the Kabankalan City...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes passed away on Wednesday morning, May 31. REYES Vice Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria assumed the post of Reyes in the afternoon, hours after he passed away. Karen Lisette Molas, provincial administrator, confirmed Reyes’ death...
BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old boy was fatally struck by a pickup truck in Sitio Mabua, Purok 11, Barangay Poblacion, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 28. Police withheld the name of the minor victim. Investigation said the vehicle was traveling from Kabankalan City to Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – An eatery was destroyed by a tornado that struck Barangay Nanunga, Hinigaran town in Negros Occidental on Monday, May 29. According to the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), the tornado was believed to have formed in a vacant area and directly hit...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has issued a memorandum banning the entry of live pigs, pork, and pork-related products from Negros Oriental into the province in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF Task Force-Murcia mans a border checkpoint...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said an outbreak of hog cholera is threatening the province’s swine industry. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson meets local chief executives and other local officials in an emergency meeting on Animal Biosecurity and Current Hog...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District Western Visayas announced on Sunday, May 28, that some trips of Roll-on, Roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessels and other ferries in Negros Occidental were suspended over the weekend due to the threat of typhoon “Betty.” Those that cancelled trips on...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (DRRMC) in Western Visayas reported on Sunday, May 28, that a preemptive evacuation of about 1,082 families composed of 3,659 individuals was conducted in Negros Occidental over the weekend due to typhoon "Betty." Some of the evacuees...
