BACOLOD CITY – A 31-year-old barangay councilor and her 60-year-old mother-in-law were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio San Roque, Purok 5, Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Police identified the suspects as barangay official Pam and her mother-in-law...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) tragically passed away before reuniting with her family, after she was found lifeless inside a bus that had just docked in a seaport in San Jose, Negros Oriental on Monday, Aug. 4. The woman’s story has gone viral online, drawing...
BACOLOD CITY – After eight months of staying in evacuation centers, 471 families or 1,548 individuals residing outside the four-kilometer danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental have returned home on Aug. 1, Mayor Añejo Nicor said. This follows the recent downgrading...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on newly-elected local officials to work toward building a safer, more inclusive, and progressive province, emphasizing that true progress must be felt by those who have the least. “If it is not felt, then we have fallen short of...
BACOLOD CITY – A helper was pinned to death by a tractor that overturned in Barangay Vista Alegre, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Aug. 5. Police Major Randy Babor, llog police chief, said the tractor reportedly swerved to avoid an obstacle on the road. However, due to the vehicle’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman was killed by a gunman who was neutralized in a shootout with responding policemen at the Barangay Dancalan public plaza in Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Aug. 5. Police identified the victim as 50-year-old Pat, a resident of Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, and...
BACOLOD CITY – A laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother-in-law during an altercation in Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug, 2. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr. identified the victim as 26-year-old victim Lloyd. Indiape said the victim and the...
BACOLOD CITY – Four congressmen from Negros Occidental are heading committees in the House of Representatives in the 20th Congress. First-term third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez heads the Special Committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts and was appointed assistant majority...
BACOLOD CITY – A team of agricultural experts from Israel is scheduled to arrive in Negros Occidental next week to assist in combating the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), a pest currently threatening the province’s sugarcane plantations. The visit follows a meeting between Israeli Consul...
BACOLOD CITY – Israeli Consul Moti Cohen arrived in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 30, to visit the wake of Leah Mosquera, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) killed in a missile attack in Israel recently. Department of Migrant Workers-Negros Island Region (DMW-NIR) Director Glenda Aligonza,...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in four municipalities and one city in Luzon and Visayas to allow residents to take part in their commemorative events, Malacañang said. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed all proclamations declaring the holidays on July 18. Under...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Canlaon City in Negros Oriental is laying down measures to ensure the safe return of evacuees to their homes after eight months of staying in shelters in the aftermath of Mount Kanlaon 's eruption last December. “We are now meeting at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)...
