BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental will impose a 24-hour liquor ban on Good Friday, March 29. Mayor Marvin Malacon has issued Executive Order No. 31, Series of 2024, imposing the prohibition. Under the order, selling of liquor and other alcoholic beverages...
BACOLOD CITY – Two persons were killed and their companion was injured after their motorcycle crashed into a truck in Barangay Lemery, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. TWO motorcycle riders were killed and their companion was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Lemery,...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-two policemen here and Negros Occidental were promoted on Monday, March 25. ALMOST 600 police officers from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) and Bacolod City were promoted on Monday, March 25. (Photo courtesy of Nocppo) The Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental recently unveiled a P158-million gymnasium and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearance center. SAGAY City gym (Sagay PIO) The Sagay City gymnasium located at the plaza complex is a fully air-conditioned venue with a 1,500...
BACOLOD CITY – A 43-year-old tricycle driver was stabbed to death during a heated altercation with a 27-year-old man in Barangay San Agustin, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 24. Police said the victim, whose name was withheld, passed by the barangay covered court from his sister’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was wounded after she was stabbed by an allegedly mentally-ill man in a school in Barangay Linao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim was at school...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 45-year-old gunrunner in an entrapment operation in Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. POLICE seized a gun and suspected shabu from a gunrunner in an entrapment operation in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A game farm caretaker was shot dead in front of his live-in partner in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 22. A GAME farm caretaker was shot dead in front of his live-in partner in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man was shot dead by his live-in partner’s alleged boyfriend due to jealousy in their house in Barangay Zone 14-A, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. Police identified the victim as Jaylord Lamag. Police Major Wilfredo Benoman Jr., deputy chief...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded 209 grass fire incidents in this city from January to March this year. The BFP-Bacolod said 54 were reported in January, 78 in February, and 77 in March. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod personnel responded to a recent grass...
BACOLOD CITY – Two laborers were electrocuted while digging a deep well in Sitio Pispis, Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 21. TWO laborers were electrocuted in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, March 21. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental recently unveiled three priority infrastructure projects amounting to a total of P17 million. NEGROS Oriental Rep. Jose Francisco ‘Kiko’ Benitez (third from left) and Mayor Marvin Malacon (third from right)...