BACOLOD CITY – Organizers of the Panaad sa Negros Festival are committed to proceeding with the event amid the threat posed by Kanlaon Volcano. The provincial government of Negros Occidental reassured the public that extensive measures are being taken to ensure the safety of festival-goers and...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old farm caretaker was fatally shot in Purok Masulhay, Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 25. Police identified the victim as Potot. Investigation said that the victim's cousin was waylaid by two persons, a few meters away from a motor...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office has recorded 250 dengue cases with two deaths from Jan. 1 to 18, a 296.83 percent or 187 increase compared to 63 in the same period last year. Bago City has the highest with 58, San Carlos City, 20; Kabankalan City, 19;...
BACOLOD CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were seriously injured after a long bed truck loaded with sugarcane plunged off a bridge in Barangay Tamisu, Bais City, Negros Oriental on Friday, Jan. 24. TWO persons were killed and two were injured when a truck loaded with sugarcane...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old laborer allegedly stabbed a 73-year-old man to death during an altercation in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 23. A 73-year-old man was stabbed dead by a laborer in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 485 policemen from this city and Negros Occidental were deployed to Iloilo City to augment security for the highlight of Dinagyang Festival this week. Police Capt. Liberty Indiape, Bacolod City Police Office public information officer, said that 248 personnel were...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has appealed for vehicles to transport 37,000 residents when Kanlaon Volcano is placed under Alert Level 4. KANLAON Volcano seen from Purok 2, Barangay Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 23....
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-bed hospital will soon rise in Barangay Tinampaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) and Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. lay down a time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the P270-million Cadiz City Medical Center in...
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-one evacuees working as volunteers in provincial community kitchens in evacuation centers in Negros Occidental will be hired as job order workers. A COMMUNITY kitchen in Bago City, Negros Occidental established by the provincial government. (Photo courtesy of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old farmer was allegedly gunned down by a 19-year-old man due to grudges in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, Jan. 20. A 51-year-old farmer was gunned down over grudges in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old pedicab driver was gunned down and his younger brother was wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 18. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, identified the fatality as Mark Britanico. Injured...
BACOLOD CITY – Gunmen chasing a 40-year-old man shot and killed his 31-year-old brother inside their house in Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Jan. 15. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan police chief, identified as the fatality as Alex. Garinganao said the...
