BACOLOD CITY – Five persons, including two children, drowned in rivers during the Holy Week from March 25 to 31 in Negros Occidental. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said the victims drowned in Cadiz, La Carlota, and Kabankalan cities and the towns of Moises Padilla...
BACOLOD CITY – This city and local government units in Negros Occidental suspended face-to-face classes on April 1 and 2 due to forecast high heat index reaching up to 42 degrees Celsius. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, in a Facebook post on Easter Sunday, encouraged pre-school...
BACOLOD CITY – A beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was razed in a fire at past midnight on Black Saturday. A FIRE razes a beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Andrea Soliguen) Senior...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was gunned down by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. A MAN was shot dead by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A mall in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental has been robbed, police said on Easter Sunday. Mall operations were temporarily halted on Black Saturday as a result. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said management decided to close the mall for a day pending...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 91,954 passengers were recorded in various seaports in Negros Occidental from March 22 to Easter Sunday. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Northern Negros Occidental said 46,493 were outbound and 45,461 were inbound passengers. THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Northern...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned on a river in Linaw Bubong, Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. MAP of La Carlota, Negros Occidental. Police said the victim, along with his father and older siblings, went to the river bank to feed their...
BACOLOD CITY – A dolphin was found dead with injuries on the shoreline of Barangay Tuyom, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 27. THE remains of a dolphin were found on the shoreline of Barangay Tuyom, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 27. (Photo courtesy of Chan Yeen) The...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) northern Negros Occidental has deployed 111 personnel to secure passengers in various seaports in the province during the Holy Week. PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) staff assist passengers in a seaport in Negros Occidental this Holy Week. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A severed leg was found in a vacant lot in Purok Proper, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 27. A SEVERED leg was found in a vacant lot in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 27. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental will impose a 24-hour liquor ban on Good Friday, March 29. Mayor Marvin Malacon has issued Executive Order No. 31, Series of 2024, imposing the prohibition. Under the order, selling of liquor and other alcoholic beverages...
BACOLOD CITY – Two persons were killed and their companion was injured after their motorcycle crashed into a truck in Barangay Lemery, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. TWO motorcycle riders were killed and their companion was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Lemery,...
