BACOLOD CITY – A security guard drowned in the sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, here, on Sunday, June 11. RESCUERS retrieve on Monday, June 12, the body of a security guard who drowned at sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Sunday, June 11. (Photo courtesy of PCG...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Some 60 complainants and witnesses left for Manila on Monday, June 12, the day before the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) preliminary investigation on the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. NEGROS Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo (FB) The slain governor’s widow,...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was killed after he was sideswiped by a motorcycle loaded with lumber and wooden planks in Barangay Bagonawa, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 11. A TRICYCLE driver died after he was sideswiped by a motorcycle loaded with lumber and wooden planks in...
Amid calls to postpone the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would be conducting public hearings in the province this month. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, the poll body...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that hog farmers in Negros Occidental affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) will receive financial assistance from the government. THE MDRRMO conducts an ASF checkpoint following a reported case of ASF in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental last month. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People's Army (NPA) South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has admitted killing an alleged military asset in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last month. A MAN was gunned down by two suspected New People's Army rebels in...
BACOLOD CITY – Four alleged drug pushers, including three minors, were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, June 2. One of the arrested was identified by the police as Michael Sotelo, 38, of Barangay E. Lopez, a pedicab driver....
BACOLOD CITY -- A 26-year-old man died after he was ran over by a wing van truck in Sitio Katiclan, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 31. A YOUNG motorcycle rider died after he was ran over by a wing van truck in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY -- Four drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation at a rented house in Barangay Enclaro, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 1. Major Randy Babor, Binalbagan police chief, identified the subject as Jepe Balbon, while the three others were reportedly clients...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has intensified its efforts to eliminate child labor in Negros Oriental (NegOr). The agency reported that child labor in NegOr is prevalent. Ma. Teresa Tanquiamco, officer-in-charge of DOLE-7’s Negros Oriental Field...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was killed while four others were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a passenger bus in Kalaparan, Barangay Pilar, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 31. RESCUERS respond to a vehicular accident that killed one man and wounded four...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. joined other officials in mourning the death of Negros Oriental Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes, whom he said served the people of the province “so faithfully.” (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Gov. Guido Reyes via Facebook) Marcos...
