BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine National Police reactivated the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region on Thursday, March 27. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, assumes as PRO-Negros Island Region officer-in-charge in concurrent capacity in a ceremony at the...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-two pupils from Bubog Elementary School in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, fell ill after consuming expired chocolates and chips on Wednesday morning, March 26. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DepEd)-Negros Occidental, confirmed that 15 Grade...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old farmer was found dead in a sugarcane field in Sitio Kabangahan, Barangay Mandu-ao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, March 24, six days after he was reportedly abducted in Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on March 18. A 51-year-old farmer was found...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City’s Kadalag-an Festival in Negros Occidental earned its first grand slam title after winning the Best of Festival Dances competition in the city category during this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival held at the Panaad Park and Stadium here on Monday, March 24....
BACOLOD CITY – The 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival kicked off in this city on Monday, March 24. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson leads the opening of the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City on Monday, March 24. (Glazyl Masculino) Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice...
BACOLOD CITY – The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila, together with Sulong Peace Inc. (SPI), reaffirmed Norway’s dedication to peacebuilding, security cooperation, and participatory governance during their recent visit to Negros Island. THE Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila led by Ambassador...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has asked the national government for P47 million in additional funding to replenish their resources for the evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano. MANGILIMUTAN Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan said that the amount will help...
BACOLOD CITY – One-thousand, thirty-five personnel were deployed to secure this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival here from March 24 to 30. MORE than 1,000 personnel are securing the Panaad sa Negros Festival. (Photo via Capitol PIO) Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Police Col....
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old laborer was arrested in Sitio Bunga, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, March 22, 23 years after escaping from the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. POLICE a 46-year-old fugitive laborer in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit the Bago City Elementary School in Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 21. A FIRE hit the Bago City Elementary School in Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 21. (Contributed photo by John Dale...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade honored three soldiers wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Sitio Bairan, Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental this week. BRIG. Gen. Ted Dumosmog (second from right), commander of the Army 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – The four remaining missing foreign nationals were rescued on Saturday morning, March 22, in Sitio Kanguntol, Barangay Silab, Amlan, Negros Oriental, three days after they were stranded in their hiking trail in Valencia, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 19. READ:...
