BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were injured when their truck loaded with onions plunged into a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 20. RESPONDERS provide assistance to seven persons injured after a truck loaded with onions plunged into a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death while his companion was injured by a stranger during a fiesta in Purok Kalubihan, Barangay Amayco, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 19. Capt. Marc Joeil Reclamado, Murcia police chief, said the fatality, Novie Star Dequito, and his...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has launched this year’s Panaad sa Negros festival from April 17 to 23. Provincial officials headed by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and festival director Cheryl Decena unveiled the festival’s official logo at the Capitol Park and Lagoon...
BACOLOD CITY – Hard work and perseverance paid off for the 23-year-old son of a barangay chairman here as he topped the March 2023 Medical Technologists Licensure Examination (MTLE) with a 92.10 percent rating. BARANGAY Villamonte, Bacolod City Captain Rommel Flores poses with his youngest son...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, who has been married to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for almost 30 years, shared secrets to a lasting marriage to 2,023 couples who tied the knot in a mass ceremony here on Saturday afternoon, March 11. FIRST Lady Liza Marcos speaks at...
BACOLOD CITY – Two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental were recognized for their inspirational sustainable tourism practices and efforts during the ITB Berlin 2023 in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, March 7. Bago City and Sagay City were only the two localities from the Philippines...
BACOLOD CITY -- A centenarian from E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental received another P100,000 cash incentive, this time from the Department of Social Welfare and Develoment (DSWD). Herminigilda Barredo-Donasco, a widow and resident of Barangay Damgo, turned 100 years old on April 18, 2022. Aside...
SUSPECTED shabu worth P88,400 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hawaian, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 20. (Photo courtesy of Silay City Police Station)  BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a man and his nephew and seized 13 grams of suspected shabu valued at...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities destroyed 72 motorcycle open pipe mufflers that were confiscated in the past three weeks in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. Municipal officials led by Mayor Marvin Malacon witnessed the destruction of the open pipe mufflers in front of the municipal hall on...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested 23-year-old suspected drug pusher and seized 216 grams of shabu valued at P1,469,276 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 20. A YOUNG man was arrested and yielded suspected shabu worth P1.4 million in a...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen said they already have a person of interest who may be behind the killing of a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) who was shot dead during a fiesta celebration in Barangay Guinpanaan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 19. The...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old sugarcane planter was robbed of P500,000 and gunned down in Hacienda Taborda, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, Feb. 17. POLICE cordon the area in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental where a sugarcane planter was robbed and...
