BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-three policemen from Negros Occidental with relatives running in the elections have been temporarily reshuffled to other police stations in the province to prevent any potential misuse of authority. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old laborer was allegedly gored to death by a carabao in Sitio Sapa, Hacienda Casal-agan Dako, Barangay DSB, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 1. A 19-YEAR-OLD man was allegedly gored to death by a carabao in Barangay DSB, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here has sought the prompt appointment of officers-in-charge (OICs) for Negros Island Region (NIR) offices. MAYOR Albee Benitez with Negros Occidental Rep. Mercedes Alvarez-Lansang lead the Committee on Visayas Development meeting with various agencies at...
BACOLOD CITY – Another dog was injured by a dart arrow in Murcia, Negros Occidental. “Buldog, another helpless victim of an Indian target attack in Murcia was left wounded and in pain,” animal welfare non-government organization Bach Project PH posted on its Facebook page on Thursday. The...
BACOLOD CITY – Water supply in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, was fully restored on Wednesday, Feb. 26, after a water treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal damaged by a flash flood on Sunday, Feb. 23, was repaired. WATER supply in San Carlos City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policeman was shot dead in Purok Michelle, Barangay Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, Feb. 27. A FORMER policeman was gunned down in Barangay Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Feb. 27. (Photo via Bago City Police Station) The victim...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has proposed allowing Kanlaon Volcano evacuees stay at unoccupied housing units in Barangay Felisa here for the meantime. LA Castellana, Negros Occidental Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan (seated left) meets Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – An 87-year-old man perished in a fire that destroyed his house in Pantalan-daan, Barangay 1, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental past midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 26. An 87-year-old man was killed and two others, including his live-in partner, were injured in a fire in Barangay 1,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Gerry Rojas has offered a P10,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of individuals who shot and injured a dog using improvised dart arrows in Murcia, Negros Occidental. BACH Project PH FB The Bach Project PH said on Facebook that the dog named Tiktok was shot...
A lawmaker is pushing for the timely implementation of the measure that will facilitate the establishment of government facilities closer to Negros Island communities--something that is deemed crucial for the island's economic progress. Negros Occidental 6th district Rep. Mercedes Alvarez...
BACOLOD CITY – The 70-year-old ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco in Purok Malinawon, Barangay Poblacion, Toboso, Negros Occidental was destroyed by a fire on Friday, Feb. 21. THE ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco was destroyed in a fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-thousand households in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental have no water after the intake tank of a treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal. San Carlos City was damaged by a flashflood due to heavy rain on Sunday, Feb. 23. FLASHFLOOD damaged...