BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion held a mass wedding for three couples who were former members of the New People’s Army on Thursday, September 5, in Barangay Bato, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The event was attended by the families and friends of the newly-weds. THREE...
BACOLOD CITY – One-hundred six families or 424 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, September 6. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, September 6. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old fish vendor was killed and his four companions were injured in a tricycle crash before dawn on Thursday, September 5, in Barangay Lantad, Silay City, Negros Occidental. A FISH vendor was killed and his four companions were injured in a tricycle crash in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental recorded nine dengue fatalities from January 1 to August 31. The Provincial Health Office said 3,234 dengue cases were recorded as of August 31, a 214.29 percent increase from the 1,029 in the same period last year. The age group with the highest number of...
ABANG LINGKOD Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen "Caraps" Paduano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ABANG LINGKOD Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen "Caraps" Paduano has been designated as the legislative caretaker of Negros Occidental's...
BACOLOD CITY - The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental turned over financial assistance to eight former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Tuesday, September 3. MAYOR Narciso Javelosa, chairperson of the Sagay City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government turned over P724,000 in livelihood assistance to farmers’ associations, local government units, and cooperatives in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 3. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson leads the distribution of P724,000 livelihood assistance to farmers in...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is monitoring the situation of 398 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the escalating tension between Hezbollah and Israel. THE provincial government of Negros Occidental established a help desk at the Public...
BACOLOD CITY – A 67-year-old man died in a collision between a truck and tricycle in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Paterno Belleza of Barangay Mandalagan here. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Pontevedra police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old laborer was electrocuted while urinating in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday afternoon, September 1. A LABORER was electrocuted while peeing in a resort in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental suspended work at the Provincial Capitol here from 12 noon onwards on Monday, September 2, due to inclement weather from tropical storm “Enteng.” In a memorandum issued by acting provincial administrator Alberto Nellas Jr., those...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office has reported a 183.62 percent increase in dengue cases in the first seven months of the year. A total of 2,822 cases, with six fatalities, were logged from January to August 24, 1,827 more than the 995 during the same period last...
