BACOLOD CITY – Some local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have suspended classes and government work on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Feb. 25 is a special working day pursuant to Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025, issued by...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has donated a P15.6-million lot as relocation site for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said they are letting the municipal government decided on how to develop the...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, are set to receive more than P2 billion in financial assistance under the national government’s “Bawat Bayan Makikinabang” (BBM) program. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson announced in a media...
The municipal government has urged people in Sitio Bairan, Barangay Gen. Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental to be vigilant as ground movement has been detected in an area suspected to be a sinkhole. Hospicio Carbajosa Jr., head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO),...
BACOLOD CITY – Two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental evacuated a total of 59 families following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano Thursday, Feb. 19. Thirty-four families or 115 individuals were from La Carlota City and 25 families were from Bago City. Evacuees in La Carlota City...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man and his nine-year-old nephew drowned while gathering shells on the Nabinay River in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the man, Jesus, brought his...
A 47-year-old man died after allegedly eating a snake turtle in Barangay 6, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The victim experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing after consuming the reptile. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO)...
BACOLOD CITY – The 11-year-old boy buried in a beach in Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Feb. 9, suffered sexual abuse and died by asphyxia by strangulation, police said. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said that post-mortem examination conducted by the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to thoroughly probe the attack on three siblings in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 7. Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao, Negros Occidental...
The reward for the arrest of the suspect in the attack on three siblings in Silay City, Negros Occidental has increased to P100,000. The city government of Silay is giving P25,000 reward, with an additional P50,000 from Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez. Former Vice Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy reported missing by his family on Sunday, Feb. 8, was found dead, buried on a beach in Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 9. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said the victim was found by a resident who passed by the...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, Feb. 9, condemned the recent brutal attack on three siblings in Silay City, Negros Occidental. One of the siblings was killed. Lacson said that authorities have identified a person of interest and expressed confidence that the suspect will soon...
