BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was wounded after she was stabbed by an allegedly mentally-ill man in a school in Barangay Linao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim was at school...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 45-year-old gunrunner in an entrapment operation in Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. POLICE seized a gun and suspected shabu from a gunrunner in an entrapment operation in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A game farm caretaker was shot dead in front of his live-in partner in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 22. A GAME farm caretaker was shot dead in front of his live-in partner in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man was shot dead by his live-in partner’s alleged boyfriend due to jealousy in their house in Barangay Zone 14-A, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. Police identified the victim as Jaylord Lamag. Police Major Wilfredo Benoman Jr., deputy chief...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-three persons, including the captain, were rescued after their fishing vessel caught fire and capsized in the sea in Sitio Lintub, Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 20. A FISHING vessel catches fire in Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri says he's sure that the proposed Negros Island Region (NIR) Act will ultimately get President Marcos' signature. Zubiri mentioned this following the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting in Malacañang last Tuesday, March 19....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded 209 grass fire incidents in this city from January to March this year. The BFP-Bacolod said 54 were reported in January, 78 in February, and 77 in March. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod personnel responded to a recent grass...
BACOLOD CITY – Two laborers were electrocuted while digging a deep well in Sitio Pispis, Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 21. TWO laborers were electrocuted in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 21. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental recently unveiled three priority infrastructure projects amounting to a total of P17 million. NEGROS Oriental Rep. Jose Francisco ‘Kiko’ Benitez (third from left) and Mayor Marvin Malacon (third from right)...
BACOLOD CITY – Fourteen former communist rebels received financial and livelihood assistance totaling P980,000 in Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 20. GOV. Manuel Sagarbarria (ninth from left) leads the turnover of P980,000 worth of cash and livelihood assistance to 14 former members of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Two houses and five structures, including a Christian church and commercial establishments, were razed by a fire in Barangay 8, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. A FIRE hit Barangay 8, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18, destroying a church, among other...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 10 student drowned in a river in Hacienda Antolanga, Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. A GRADE 10 student drowned in a river in Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. (Photo courtesy of Isabela Municipal Police...
