BACOLOD CITY – A 72-year-old grandmother was fatally hit by an ambulance in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Police said the victim Maria was on board a tricycle when she saw her son riding a motorcycle. She ordered the tricycle to stop and disembarked....
BACOLOD CITY – Four persons were killed and 18 others were reported missing during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino” in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Vice Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan said that of the four fatalities, only two have been identified. Data and...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman and his companion were arrested for alleged involvement in gun-running activities in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Negros Island Region (NIR) arrested the 31-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered on Thursday morning, Aug. 14, on a river in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, after three bodies were discovered in Talisay City on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the body...
BACOLOD CITY – After eight months of staying in evacuation centers, 471 families or 1,548 individuals residing outside the four-kilometer danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental have returned home on Aug. 1, Mayor Añejo Nicor said. This follows the recent downgrading...
BACOLOD CITY – Several Kanlaon Volcano evacuees who recently left an evacuation center in La Castellana, Negros Occidental without permission have starting returning, John de Asis, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said. In a phone interview on July 6,...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental and the Incident Management Team (IMT) have urged Kanlaon Volcano evacuees who left an evacuation center without permission to come back. In a Facebook post, the local government emphasized that evacuees are allowed to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) has allowed Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by Kanlaon Volcano to stay in classrooms at night in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, provided it does not interfere with regular class schedules. DepEd-Negros Occidental Administrative...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 2,000 evacuees from five barangays in La Castellana, Negros Occidental will be relocated from school-evacuation centers to areas designated as safe sites to continue their temporary stay amid the continuing threat of Kanlaon Volcano. The municipal government has started...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, along with rescuers and other partners, is currently clearing roads blocked by lahar and debris that overflowed from a creek in Sitio Tamburong, Barangay Biak na Bato. The creek overflowed two weeks after the explosive...
BACOLOD CITY – From being the first lady mayor, outgoing Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan made history again as she was elected as the first woman vice mayor of La Castellana, Negros Occidental. After serving three terms as mayor since 2016, Mangilimutan is transitioning to her new role leading the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has cancelled this year's Banana Festival from April 1 to 5 as some banana-producing barangays have been affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. SABA sticks made from the saba banana variety being sold in a store...
