BACOLOD CITY – Two senior high school student-athletes died after their motorcycle crashed into a truck loaded with sugarcane in Hacienda Pangarap, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 15. The fatalities, whose names were withheld, were Grade 11 students aged 16 and 17....
The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently turned over a newly constructed school building to the Amparado Elementary School in Barangay General Luna, Toboso. FORMER Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco (right) and Lt. Col. Alfredo San Agustin Jr. (third from left), executive...
Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has commended senators for their dedication and commitment toward the progress and unity of Negros Island after they approved Senate Bill No. 2507 establishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) on Tuesday, March 12. BENITEZ (FB) “Today is a...
BACOLOD CITY – Police in Isabela, Negros Occidental will soon be staying in a standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building after 33 long years. MAYOR Irene Montilla (right), Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez (second from right), Negros Occidental police chief, and Police Capt. Ar-jay Dangarang...
CEBU CITY – The governor of Negros Oriental welcomed the passage of Senate Bill No. 2507 bill that will create the Negros Island Region (NIR). SAGABARRIA (FB) Gov. Chaco Sagabarria said there will be a lot of advantages if Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental will become a single regional...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to revive the creation of the Negros Island Region. Passage of Senate Bill No. 2507 into law will pave the way for the merger of the provinces of Negros Occidental, including the City of Bacolod, Negros Oriental and...
BACOLOD CITY – The 79th Infantry Battalion dug up a communist arms cache in Sitio Mocabog, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11. TROOPS discovered a communist weapons cache in Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11, days...
BACOLOD CITY – A job order employee of the municipal government of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental was found dead in Sitio Balugo, Barangay Sangke on Monday morning, March 11. GRAPHIC from Mayor Daph V. Reliquias Facebook The victim was identified as 43-year-old Darrel Cayao of Barangay Asia. ...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a suspected "salvage" or summary execution victim was found in a ravine in Purok Cobra, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 9. THE body of a man was dumped in a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to conduct an independent investigation on the validity of a joint venture company operating in Negros Island. Gatchalian, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, was...
BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Purok Lopues, Barangay Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 8. Police said the victim, accompanied by his mother, was taking a bath in the irrigation canal, when she went inside their house to attend the needs of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected member of a drug syndicate in a buy-bust operation in Crossing Tuguis, Barangay Buenavista Gibong, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 7. POLICE seized P340,000 worth of suspected shabu from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
