BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was allegedly shot and killed by his friend over a P1,500 debt in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 16. Police Lt. Col. Alvin Christopher Baybayan, Talisay City police chief, said the 48-year-old suspect and the victim chanced...
BACOLOD CITY – A maid and a painter were electrocuted to death in Barangay Talacagay, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, July 17. The victims were a 36-year-old woman from Basay, Negros Oriental, and a 40-year-old man from Hinoba-an. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals or 250 families have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains from tropical depression ‘’Crising’’ in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Thursday. Majority of them are in Isabela town, with...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, suspended classes on Thursday, July 17, due to tropical depression “Crising.” LGUs that suspended classes were the cities of Himamaylan, Sipalay, Kabankalan, Bago, Talisay, Silay, La...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a well in Barangay Suay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 15. Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, Himamaylan police chief, said the victim was last seen around noon playing outside their home near the uncovered well. The victim failed...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental has raised concerns with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson regarding the possible eviction of the Central Philippine State University (CPSU) campus in the town, after the landowner expressed plans to reclaim the two-hectare...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities seized P2.2-million worth of stolen underground internet and cable wires and arrested 11 persons in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 14. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., head of the Bacolod Maritime Police Station, said they acted on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas has ordered explanation from the registered owner of a Honda Click motorcycle following a viral video showing the rider executing a risky “Superman” stunt on Orange Cliff in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old farmer was allegedly fatally stabbed by his younger brother in Purok Pakighi-usa, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 11. Police Major Ryan Villasario, Don Salvador Benedicto police chief, said the victim identified as Arnel...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson condoled with the family of 49-year-old Leah Mosquera, a resident of San Enrique town, who died in a missile attack on Rehovot, Israel on June 15. “It is very unfortunate,” Lacson said in Monday’s phone interview with the Capitol...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,431 families were displaced by flooding in this highly-urbanized city and Talisay City, Negros Occidental, following hours of heavy rains from Friday night, July 11, to Saturday morning, July 12. Data released by Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Saturday morning said 301...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Matthew Louis Malacon said there is no confirmed cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) yet in eight barangays of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. “No cause for alarm yet,” he said as specimens are still undergoing laboratory testing by the Department of Health...
