BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old woman was killed and six individuals were injured in a collision between a hauler truck loaded with sugarcane and tricycle in Purok Tuburan, Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, May 31. Police Capt. Sammy Gasataya, deputy chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – A missing 19-year-old man was found dead in Purok 1, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 31. The remains of the victim, who was last seen alive by his family on May 5, were discovered by a 57-year-old laborer collecting firewood. Police Capt....
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old housewife was fatally run over by a dump truck in Zone 1, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, while on her way to attend a friend’s funeral in a public cemetery on Thursday, May 29. Police identified the fatality as Maria of Barangay Hilamonan,...
BACOLOD CITY – Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Timor-Leste authorities for bringing former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. back to the Philippines. The mayor shared a video of Teves’ departure from Timor-Leste on...
BACOLOD CITY – Two more persons have died from suspected rabies in Negros Occidental. Provincial Health Officer Girlie Pinongan said four individuals have passed away from the virus in the province this year. The third victim was a 21-year-old woman in Cauayan town. The fourth was a 25-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old woman was fatally electrocuted and her 80-year-old father was seriously injured during a family outing in a resort in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 25. Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, said the victims went to a...
BACOLOD CITY – A call for help on social media led to the rescue and safe return of seven residents of Negros Occidental victimized and stranded for two months by a fake job offer in Palawan. Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya responded swiftly after learning about the group’s plight online. In a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Manapla Port Stevedoring and Arrastre in Barangay Punta Salong, Manapla, Negros Occidental, announced on Sunday, May 25, that operations will commence on June 28, four months after the inauguration of the P180-million port on Feb. 2. In line with its opening, MPSA announced the...
BACOLOD CITY – Three residents of Negros Occidental topped the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers. Maria Carmel Delada of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) in Talisay City, Negros Occidental and Jacob Facultad of the Philippine Normal University-Visayas...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, along with rescuers and other partners, is currently clearing roads blocked by lahar and debris that overflowed from a creek in Sitio Tamburong, Barangay Biak na Bato. The creek overflowed two weeks after the explosive...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental suffered losses in agriculture amounting to P1.8 million from the recent eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. A report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist submitted to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, May 19, said high-value commercial crops...
BACOLOD CITY – Three individuals were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Panubigan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, May 21, for allegedly smuggling 250 reams of assorted cigarettes valued at P1.2 million. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson for Negros Oriental police,...
