BACOLOD CITY -- Rescuers retrieved the remains of a 12-year-old girl in Guimaras on Wednesday, Jan. 4, after she reportedly went missing when she drowned in Barangay Cadiz Viejo, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Jan. 1. The name of the minor-victim was withheld. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 16 firecracker-related incidents, with no fatalities, were reported here and Negros Occidental during the holiday season. Fourteen were reported in the province from Dec. 21 to New Year's Day. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said that...
Sugar is one of mankind's greatest creations. What started out as tall leafy stalks became tiny edible crystals that is present in all household ready to add a dose of sweetness to any dish or drink. Negros Occidental has been the prime producer of sugar in the Philippines for years that it...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven New People’s Army rebels in Negros Island surrendered to the Army from Dec. 20 to 23. A COMMUNIST surrenderer in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) Ten of them were members of the Central Negros Front 1 (CN1), Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros Cebu Bohol...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was injured after a firecracker exploded in his right hand in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. A TRICYCLE driver was injured after a firecracker exploded in his right hand in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. (Photo...
RESCUERS try to revive two motorcycle riders who figured in an accident with a multicab in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 22. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man and his brother-in-law died after their...
EIGHTY grams of suspected shabu worth P544,000 were seized from a suspected member of a drug group in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A suspected member of a drug group was arrested...
BACOLOD CITY -- A man died while his friend was wounded after their motorcycle collided with a truck loaded with sugarcane at Purok Masinadyahon, Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 22. Police identified the fatality as Sanny Salcedo, 24, of Barangay Mabini,...
BACOLOD CITY -- Fourteen former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental recently received P280,000 worth of livelihood settlement grants from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of the cash assistance in a...
BACOLOD CITY – A family of three was massacred in Barangay Najandig in Zamboanguita town, Negros Oriental, with the local police still searching for possible suspects in the gruesome crime on Wednesday (Dec. 21). The Negros Oriental police condemned the killing of the Catalonia family, namely,...
BACOLOD CITY -- Policemen in Negros Occidental seized a total of P107,580,781.88 worth of illegal drugs from January 1 to Dec. 15, 2022. Based on the record of the Negros Occidental police, 15,670 grams of shabu and 8,569.92 grams of marijuana were confiscated during the said period. The provincial...
BACOLOD CITY - A college student died while his girlfriend was wounded after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a sedan at Purok Guillena, Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Dec. 19. The fatality was identified as Art Vergil Murillo, 20, of Barangay Taloc while his...
