BACOLOD CITY – Two houses and five structures, including a Christian church and commercial establishments, were razed by a fire in Barangay 8, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. A FIRE hit Barangay 8, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18, destroying a church, among other...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 10 student drowned in a river in Hacienda Antolanga, Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. A GRADE 10 student drowned in a river in Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. (Photo courtesy of Isabela Municipal Police...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old man was stabbed to death by his allegedly mentally-ill nephew in Purok Bougainvillea, Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. AN alleged mentally-ill man burned his brother’s house and stabbed his uncle to death in Barangay Antipolo,...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple and a waiter were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. Police withheld the names of the 45-year-old male subject, his 55-year-old live-in partner, and the 21-year-old waiter, who was tagged as the couple’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for robbery was arrested in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The suspect was apprehended on an arrest warrant dated February 20, 2023 a day after he surrendered to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old pharmacy student of Riverside College here was crowned this year’s Sinigayan Queen during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on March 17. ROCHELLE Cabanyog was crowned Sinigayan Queen 2024 during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City,...
BACOLOD CITY – The construction of a P55-million abattoir in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental has been approved. MAYOR Marvin Malacon (sixth from left) with members of the Western Visayas Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) during a deliberation at Negros Residences in Bacolod City on...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader surrendered to the 79th Infantry Battalion in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The rebel returnee was a vice squad leader or intelligence officer of Squad 1, SDG Platoon...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug surrenderer was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Lupa, Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 16. A DRUG surrenderer was nabbed with P176,800 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Two senior high school student-athletes died after their motorcycle crashed into a truck loaded with sugarcane in Hacienda Pangarap, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 15. The fatalities, whose names were withheld, were Grade 11 students aged 16 and 17....
The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently turned over a newly constructed school building to the Amparado Elementary School in Barangay General Luna, Toboso. FORMER Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco (right) and Lt. Col. Alfredo San Agustin Jr. (third from left), executive...
BACOLOD CITY – Police in Isabela, Negros Occidental will soon be staying in a standard Philippine National Police (PNP) building after 33 long years. MAYOR Irene Montilla (right), Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez (second from right), Negros Occidental police chief, and Police Capt. Ar-jay Dangarang...