BACOLOD CITY – A standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building will soon rise in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. TOWN and police officials along with fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo (right), Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, PRO-Western Visayas director, and Mayor Jose Nadie...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes here and in some parts of Negros Occidental were suspended on Thursday, May 4, due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone and low-pressure area (LPA). AN area in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental was flooded early this week following torrential...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen filed homicide charges against a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed to death a young man and injured two others in a covered court in Barangay Caduha-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. Police Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said a...
BACOLOD CITY – A two-year-old boy died after he fell into a water well in Hacienda Ledesma, Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 1. The name of the minor victim was withheld. A POLICE officer points to a water well in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over P100,000 in financial assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. TEN former NPA rebels receive P100,00 financial assistance from the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has called on the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to immediately solve the power crisis in some parts of the Visayas. The President also asked the corporation to regularly update concerned government officials about the status of the...
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy has expressed concern that the rotational brownouts in the islands of Panay and Negros, which started last April 27, could possibly continue in the coming days. Senator Raffy Tulfo, committee chairman, said he was initially informed that the power...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was found dead in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 29, a day after he was allegedly stabbed by his elder brother over a misunderstanding on Friday, April 28. Police identified the victim as Ronnie Enriquez, 35. POLICEMEN check a crime...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventy people were arrested as police raided an illegal cockfighting or “tupada” at the Hacienda Margarita in Barangay San Isidro, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 29. POLICEMEN arrested 70 persons after they were caught allegedly engaging in illegal...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental highlights the town’s progress spawned by the people’s unity and hard work as it celebrates the return of Ugyonan Festival. A GRAND parade graced by officials led by Mayor Marvin Malacon kicks off the 34th Ugyonan Festival...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed while his comrade was captured in a clash with troops of the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Malatanglad, Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Friday, April 28. The Army identified the slain rebel as Anthony Curson,...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugene Jose Lacson has welcomed the appointment of Pablo Luis Azcona as the acting administrator and chief executive officer of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). AZCONA “It’s good. Again, we’ve always wanted a Negrense to head the SRA,”...
