BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) honored the sacrifice of Police Master Sgt. Fernando Marfa who drowned while saving his three companions during a river patrol in Barangay Luna, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Aug. 7. "Marfa exemplified the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Isabela in Negros Occidental is coordinating with concerned government agencies for the repatriation of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) allegedly abused in Saudi Arabia. Mayor Miguel Yulo, in a media interview, announced that one of his constituents, who...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old policeman drowned while saving his companions on a river in Sitio Bisang, Barangay Luna, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Aug. 7. The victim was identified as Police Master Sgt. Fernando Marfa, assigned to the Cadiz City Police Station. Police Lt. Daleen Grace...
BACOLOD CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P14.6 million were recovered in Purok Narra, Barangay Malingin, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Aug. 6. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region said a checkpoint was conducted following reports that untaxed cigarettes will be...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel "Chaco" Sagarbarria suspended classes on all levels in the province on Friday, Aug. 7, due to rising cases of conjunctivitis (sore eyes). Sagarbarria issued Executive Order No. 50 on Wednesday, Aug. 5, approving the recommendation of the Integrated...
BACOLOD CITY – A 16-year-old Grade 11 student was allegedly mauled by three students and their 26-year-old companion outside a public high school in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police Major Romulo Gepilango V, La Castellana police chief, said the incident occurred on July...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental sixth district Rep. Mercedes Alvarez reaffirmed her commitment to her duties after she was elected deputy speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, Aug. 3. "Ten years later, the title may be familiar, but the responsibility feels just as weighty," Alvarez...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has filed a bill seeking the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Nov. 2, 2026 to Nov. 2028. Benitez personally filed on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 4, House Bill 10591 postponing the ...
Aboitiz Renewables Inc. began construction of its 239-megawatt solar project in Negros Occidental, expanding its clean energy capacity in the region as local governments seek to diversify the national power mix. The renewable energy unit of Aboitiz Power Corp. said on Monday, Aug. 3, that it will...
E.B. MAGALONA, Negros Occidental - Around 1,000 locals and tourists feasted on blue crabs as the municipality kicked off its first “Eat-All-You-Can Blue Crab Night” to promote the blue crab industry amid an ongoing export crisis to the United States that has severely affected fisherfolks...
BACOLOD CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is keeping a close watch on the twin challenges confronting Negros Island’s sugar and blue swimming crab industries, according to Cabinet Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. Abalos, in a media interview during his visit to the province on Friday, July...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old farmer died after he was attacked by his carabao in Barangay Quiwi, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 30. Police identified the victim as Ronald. Investigation disclosed that his live-in partner was fetching water when she heard someone screaming and...
