BACOLOD CITY – At least 70 individuals fainted due to dehydration and exhaustion from the extreme heat during the Pakol Festival on Thursday, April 25, in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental. Nurse Guian Jeif Anqui of the Santa Catalina Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-three persons, including the captain, were rescued after their fishing vessel caught fire and capsized in the sea in Sitio Lintub, Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 20. A FISHING vessel catches fire in Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – Fourteen former communist rebels received financial and livelihood assistance totaling P980,000 in Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 20. GOV. Manuel Sagarbarria (ninth from left) leads the turnover of P980,000 worth of cash and livelihood assistance to 14 former members of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The 62nd Infantry Battalion foiled the plan of the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt socio-economic programs in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 15. Troops engaged four remnants of the Leonardo Panaligan Command of the NPA under Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu,...
CEBU CITY – The governor of Negros Oriental welcomed the passage of Senate Bill No. 2507 bill that will create the Negros Island Region (NIR). SAGABARRIA (FB) Gov. Chaco Sagabarria said there will be a lot of advantages if Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental will become a single regional...
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of people marked the first death anniversary of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Monday, March 4. A Mass was offered to Degamo and the nine civilians who were killed in an attack at his residence in Pamplona, Negros Oriental last year. A motorcade joined by...
CEBU CITY – A year after the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, authorities are still hunting nine individuals who are believed to be involved in the gruesome crime. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said warrants of arrest have already been issued against the nine suspects who are...
BACOLOD CITY - The death toll in a road mishap involving livestock buyers in Mabinay, Negros Oriental rose to 15 with the death of another passenger on Wednesday night, February 21. FIFTEEN people were killed when a truck plunged off a cliff in Barangay Bulwang, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on...
BACOLOD CITY – Fourteen persons died and three were injured when a truck plunged off a cliff in Barangay Bulwang, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday afternoon, February 21. FOURTEEN persons died when a truck plunged off a cliff in Barangay Bulwang, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with soldiers in Sitio Sug-ong, Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday, January 18. ONE communist rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – Government forces rescued two pregnant New People’s Army (NPA) leaders in Siaton, Negros Oriental on Monday, December 18. They were identified as a certain “Sarah,” a member of Squad 3 and taxation team, and a certain “Aubre,” educational and finance staff and assistant...
BACOLOD CITY – Eight former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received a total of P80,000 financial assistance from the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, December 5. EIGHT former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) receive a...
