BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals or 250 families have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains from tropical depression ‘’Crising’’ in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Thursday. Majority of them are in Isabela town, with...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, suspended classes on Thursday, July 17, due to tropical depression “Crising.” LGUs that suspended classes were the cities of Himamaylan, Sipalay, Kabankalan, Bago, Talisay, Silay, La...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes on all levels across Negros Oriental were suspended until further notice due to heavy rain and flooding caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and tropical depression “Crising.” Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria issued an executive order on Wednesday, July 16,...
BACOLOD CITY – The newly-established Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) kicked off its anti-illegal drug campaign with the arrest of a barangay official in Siquijor. The suspect, a 23-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor from Barangay Tignao, Lazi town,...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a well in Barangay Suay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 15. Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, Himamaylan police chief, said the victim was last seen around noon playing outside their home near the uncovered well. The victim failed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office is reevaluating its border security protocols following the seizure of suspected shabu valued at P40.8 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Niño, San Jose town on Tuesday, July 15. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental has raised concerns with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson regarding the possible eviction of the Central Philippine State University (CPSU) campus in the town, after the landowner expressed plans to reclaim the two-hectare...
BACOLOD CITY – A high-value individual was arrested with P40.8-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Nino, San Jose, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, July 15. A report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) showed that...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities seized P2.2-million worth of stolen underground internet and cable wires and arrested 11 persons in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 14. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., head of the Bacolod Maritime Police Station, said they acted on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas has ordered explanation from the registered owner of a Honda Click motorcycle following a viral video showing the rider executing a risky “Superman” stunt on Orange Cliff in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old farmer was allegedly fatally stabbed by his younger brother in Purok Pakighi-usa, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 11. Police Major Ryan Villasario, Don Salvador Benedicto police chief, said the victim identified as Arnel...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson condoled with the family of 49-year-old Leah Mosquera, a resident of San Enrique town, who died in a missile attack on Rehovot, Israel on June 15. “It is very unfortunate,” Lacson said in Monday’s phone interview with the Capitol...
