BACOLOD CITY – A high-ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested by the police and military in her house during pursuit operation on Saturday, Dec. 14. THE military found a New People's Army hideout following a clash in Barangay Bandila, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 47-year-old tricycle driver was allegedly stabbed to death by a fellow tricycle driver in Sitio Candabid, Purok 2, Barangay Tuyom, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 12. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan town police chief, identified the victim as Ed....
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental was placed under a state of calamity on Friday, Dec. 13, four days after the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano that affected thousands of residents in eight areas. KANLAON Volcano evacuees line up for hot meals in an evacuation center in Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has issued a resolution recommending that the entire province of Negros Occidental be placed under a state of calamity due to explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, PDRRMC chairperson, presided...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 628 families or 2,616 individuals were evacuated in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said, after the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in neighboring Canlaon City in Negros Oriental on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9....
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas ordered residents living on the foot of Kanlaon Volcano in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental to evacuate from their homes following an explosive eruption on Monday, Dec. 9. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/9/kanlaon-volcano-s-alert-level-raised In a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old motorcycle rider died after she was run over by a trailer truck in Hacienda Yee-on, Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 6. A MOTORCYCLE rider was run over by a trailer truck in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old police officer was shot and wounded by suspected New People’s Army rebels outside his house in Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 6. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan police chief, said the victim with a rank of corporal was about...
BACOLOD CITY – A 61-year-old rigger died after he was run over by a hauler truck loaded with sugarcane in a transloading station in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 5. Police withheld the name of the victim, a resident of Barangay Camansi. A 61-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a beach resort in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Police withheld the name of the victim but he is a resident of Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City and a kindergarten pupil. A KINDERGARTEN pupil...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed and their 18-year-old daughter was wounded after they were hacked by unidentified persons in Sitio Binalbagan, Barangay Masulog, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 5. A COUPLE was killed and their teenage daughter was wounded after they were...
BACOLOD CITY – Two nursing graduates from Negros Occidental placed eighth in the November 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination. NAKAR (via UNO-R) Mary Catherine Nakar, a resident of Kabankalan City, and Ellisha Leigh Perocho, from Bago City, both obtained a 91 percent rating in the board...
