BACOLOD CITY – The body of a newborn baby boy was dumped in a creek in Purok Pinetree, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found in a creek in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental is planning to build a city college soon following the increase in the number of students who applied through the Cadiz City Education Assistance Program (CCEAP). MORE than 5,000 students applied for the Cadiz City Education...
BACOLOD CITY – Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) has invested P3 billion for the expansion of their solar power plant in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental. CREC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Oliver Tan, CREC Chairman Edgar Saavedra, Silay City Mayor Joedith...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Mabinuligon, Barangay Punta Taytay here on Monday, February 19. A COCONUT vendor was arrested and P149,600 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Punta Taytay, Bacolod City on...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops unearthed an arms cache and Improvised Explosive Devices owned by the New People’s Army in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. A COMMUNIST weapons stash was discovered buried in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF) has received a $500,000 (P28 million) grant from the Citi Foundation, through CAF America, for a food security and nutrition project. A TEAM from the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation visits a Dunnganon community to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a suspected drug pusher and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, on Friday, February 16. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested four...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental distributed cash gift amounting to P1.2 million to 41 nonagenarians and centenarians on Valentine’s Day. CENTENARIAN Estelita Alimpolos from Barangay Sicaba (seated on a wheelchair) was awarded P100,000 by the city government of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that razed four houses in Hacienda Josefa Una, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental before dawn on Saturday, February 17. Arson probers withheld the name of the fatality, a Grade 10 student. A 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire that...
BACOLOD CITY – A rescuer died in a motorcycle accident in Barangay 2, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Valentine’s Day. JARUYAN (Photo courtesy of Emergency Operation Center of Himamaylan Facebook) Police identified the victim as July Jaruyan, 37, of Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, and a...
Police arrested two wanted persons in Western Visayas in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Valentine's Day. A 19-year-old man was nabbed for three counts of rape in Barangay 4. Lawmen said the suspect, the fourth most wanted person, was arrested through a warrant and no bail was recommended for his...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-eight former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental received P270,000 financial and educational assistance on Valentine’s Day. MAYOR Raymund Tongson Jr. (center) leads the distribution of financial and educational aid to 38 former...
