BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old man allegedly hacked his 58-year-old father to death during a heated argument in Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 5. Police identified the victim as Florencio Arquiza Sr. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Manapla police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 4, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 7. Police identified the suspects as San Carlos City residents Carlito Layagon, 45, and Libra Dawn Villarante, 35. Suspects yielded 26...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man stabbed his 59-year-old drunken father to death inside their house in Barangay III Poblacion, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 5. Police identified the victim as Fernando Jodilla Sr. Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) has identified 55 barangays in Negros Occidental as possible Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs) in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. However, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, 303rd IBde commander, said on Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. is optimistic that the proposed 100-megawatt (MW) floating solar farm in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental will further cement the city as the renewable energy (RE) capital of the province. AMHI President Ramon Montelibano and ZRC President Jabez Alvarez...
BACOLOD CITY – The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) fully restored electricity in three areas in Negros Occidental on Sunday night, September 3, after a five-day blackout due to the tripping of their 15 MVA power transformer at Victorias City substation. The power interruption since...
BACOLOD CITY – A newborn baby boy was found on Cabalawan St., Purok 15, Barangay Poblacion I, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 1. Police Lt. Col. John Mocyat Jr., city police chief, said they received a report about an abandoned baby. They proceeded to the Alfredo...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental announced that all its 23 barangays are now drug-cleared. MAYOR Marvin Malacon and Police Major Kenneth Jay Gratones, E.B. Magalona police chief, attend the online deliberation of the 49th Regional Oversight Committee (ROC)...
BACOLOD CITY – A family of five allegedly stabbed a drunken man to death in Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 31. Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Manuel Tobias of Barangay Montilla. Police Major Jovito Bose, Moises Padilla police chief, said the...
BACOLOD CITY – A city government employee was gunned down on Vasconia Road, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 31. Police identified the victim as Antonio Abuyo, 63, of Barangay Palampas, who was assigned to the General Services Division of the San...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental sustained P120,824,933.71 in damage to agriculture, fisheries, and livestock due to typhoon “Goring” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Thirteen areas recorded P116,808,553.71 in damage to rice, corn, and high-value commercial crops, affecting 2,888...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two drug pushers and seized about two kilos of suspected shabu worth P13.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Hacienda Santa Ana, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 30. Police identified the suspects as John Valentin Remegio,...
