BACOLOD CITY – A total of 10,285 near-poor households in three local government units (LGUs) are the initial beneficiaries of the national government’s Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) cash assistance in Negros Occidental. Data of the Department of Social...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 26-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and his two companions in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 16. The suspects were identified as SK Councilor Bingbong of Barangay Zone 6, Cadiz City, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police apprehended a barangay chairman from Victorias City, Negros Occidental for illegal possession of firearm and explosive on Friday, July 17. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) identified the suspect as Gar, 54, of Hacienda Nasipunan, Barangay 12. PRO-NIR...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said African Swine Fever (ASF) in the province is under control despite affecting 14 of the province 's 31 local government units (LGUs). Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, July 14, Lacson said the province 's response has been...
BACOLOD CITY – An online bomb threat rocked schools and establishments in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 11. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said it was posted in the Facebook public group “6127 Marketplace San Carlos City” by the account “Jim...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Board Member Andrew Montelibano is willing to be investigated after he was reportedly found in the vicinity of an illegal online cockfighting or e-sabong den in Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, July 8. In a press...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-hundred twenty families or 1,272 individuals evacuated from seven barangays in four local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental due to flooding triggered by heavy rain on Thursday, July 9. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said 300 families...
BACOLOD CITY – Ashfall blanketed two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island Region (NIR) which also reached Cebu province following the moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday morning, July 9. Donato Sermeno, director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-NIR, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district board member Andrew Montelibano will face investigation after he was reportedly found in the vicinity of an alleged multi-million e-sabong operation in Punong Pilar, Barangay Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, July 8. In...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Valladolid in Negros Occidental is reviewing road safety measures for roadside vendors following a fatal accident that claimed two lives in Barangay Palaka on Sunday, July 5. Mayor Ricardo Presbitero Jr. said Tuesday, July 7, that economic and tourism...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old vendor and her 17-year-old niece were killed and the vendor’s 19-year-old son was injured after a fuel tanker truck rammed their food cart in Barangay Palaka, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 5. Police identified the victims as Ramilie, a resident of...
Miss World Philippines National Director Arnold Vegafria formally introduced Althea Nicole Gadingan and Ysabella Wuthrich as the official candidates of the Negros Island Region and Bacolod City in the Miss World Philippines 2027 pageant on Feb. 25 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City during a...
