BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 25,224 beneficiaries will be delisted from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, also known as 4Ps, in Western Visayas. BELEN Gebusion, head of 4Ps of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas,...
CEBU CITY – As part of the preparations for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30, a curfew will be enforced in Negros Oriental from October 28 to 29. The curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. was ordered through a resolution by the Regional Joint Security Control Center 7...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The newly created Special Task Force Negros Oriental passed a resolution on Wednesday, October 25, imposing a province-wide curfew two days before the October 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to avert violence and prevent vote-buying. Lionel Marco Castillano,...
BACOLOD CITY – Ride hailing service Grab is gearing up for a mobility expansion here and Negros Occidental. Grab Philippines regional manager for Western Visayas Jocelyn Yoshida announced over the weekend that 900 cars are needed to enable Grab to be available for booking to any destination in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Cadiz City government in Negros Occidental on Monday, October 24, paid tribute to overseas Filipino worker Loreta Alacre who was killed in an attack by the militant group Hamas in Israel early this month. MAYOR Salvador Escalante Jr. (third from left) comforts a sibling...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was killed in a collision with a truck on the national highway in Purok Ipil-ipil, Barangay San Juan, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, October 23. A POLICEMAN was killed in a head-on collision with a truck in Barangay San Juan, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – An 18-year-old senior high school student died after he was punched by a 17-year-old boy in Barangay Payao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on October 19. Police Major Randy Babor, Binalbagan police chief, withheld the names of the suspect and the victim. Babor said the suspect and...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in the war between Hamas and Israel arrived in her hometown Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 22. THE family of overseas Filipino worker Loreta Alacre weeps as they receive her remains at the...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Pahilanga, Barangay Miranda, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Thursday, October 16. AUTHORITIES seized P442,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Miranda, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was gunned down in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, October 18. Police identified the victim as Fritz Gerald Cantero, 25, of Barangay 2. Police Lt. Col. Jesus Mesahon Jr., San Carlos City police chief, said the victim was outside...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter in Sitio Nabalas Dos, Barangay Canlusong, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, October 17. SEAL of the municipality of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. The Army has yet to identify the slain...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Valladolid in Negros Occidental is eyeing to implement farm clustering to help farmers produce more rice. Mayor Enrique Miravalles, in a press briefing on Monday, October 16, said that the town is considered as the second rice granary in the province, with about...
