BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old farmer was allegedly hacked to death by his drinking buddy in Sitio Trencera, Barangay San Benito, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 22. POLICE cordon the area where a farmer was hacked to death in Barangay San Benito, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said the number of crimes in the province went down by 11 percent in the first half of the year. THE NOCCPO grandstand in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. (Glazyl Masculino) A total of 2,104 incidents were reported from...
BACOLOD CITY – Another New People’s Army rebel surrendered to the military in Negros Occidental on Monday, July 22, less than 24 hours after three comrades turned themselves in on Sunday, July 21. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/22/3-npa-rebels-surrender-in-negros-occidental Capt. Dan Carlo...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is projecting that the economy of Western Visayas is poised to lose P379 billion once Negros Occidental and its capital city of Bacolod separates from the region. A TRUCK carrying sugarcane in Silay City, Negros Occidental province....
BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old farmer accessing Wi-Fi was gunned down in Sitio Talagbuan, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, July 21. POLICE probe the killing of a 33-year-old farmer in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 21. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old policeman was seriously wounded in an accidental shooting incident in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 21. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, deputy chief of the San Carlos City Police Station, said the victim dropped by the house of his...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the Army 79th Infantry Battalion in Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 21. Capt. Dan Carlo Samoza, civil-military operations (CMO) officer of the Army 79th IB, said that the surrenderers were active members of the dismantled Northern...
BACOLOD CITY – Commander Jansen Benjamin was installed in concurrent capacity as the new head of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Northern Negros Occidental on Friday, July 19. COMMANDER Jansen Benjamin (left) was installed as the new commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently awarded P100,000 to a centenarian in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. CENTENARIAN Maria Salahog-Alegre (seated) receives a P100,000 cash incentive from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at her...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Benjie Miranda of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, reminded motorists to take extra precaution after a portion of a road in Sitio Banga, Barangay Camingawan collapsed due heavy rain from a low-pressure area (LPA) on Wednesday, July 17. A PART of a road in Sitio...
BACOLOD CITY – The military recovered war materiel in a hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 16. SOLDIERS discovered a New People’s Army hideout and seized war materiel in the hinterlands of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental...
By GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental reported P10.8 million in damage to corn by fall armyworm in 38 barangays in one month. THE province of Negros Occidental sustained P11 million in damage from armyworms. (Photo courtesy of Atty. Dino Yulo Facebook) The...
