BACOLOD CITY – Eighteen candidates in the 2025 mid-term elections in Negros Occidental are unopposed. Six are mayoral aspirants, seven are vice mayoral candidates, and five are for provincial board member. The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Negros Occidental said that unopposed in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old laborer was stabbed to death by his father during an argument in their home in Barangay Malingin, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, October 6. A 25-year-old man was stabbed dead by his father during an argument in their house in Barangay Malingin,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion has facilitated the application for amnesty of nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including four with key positions in northern Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 25. NINE former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old fisherman was killed by lightning during a thunderstorm in the sea of Purok Maguey, Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Tuesday afternoon, September 24. Police identified the victim as Mico Gemino of Barangay Tibsoc. Police Major Leo Estopa, San...
BACOLOD CITY – Canlaon City, Negros Oriental Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas has lifted the liquor ban and restrictions on establishments’ operating hours over Kanlaon Volcano. Cardenas issued and signed Executive Order (EO) No. 72 on September 20 as he noted that the current situation allows for...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman died in a motorcycle crash in Sitio Nasunugan, Barangay Batuan, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 20. HEALTH workers treat a businessman who figured in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Batuan, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old man and his uncle died after they were electrocuted in Hacienda Carugiat, Barangay 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 19. A MAN and his uncle were electrocuted to death in Barangay 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Thursday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighteen former New People’s Army (NPA) members received P360,000 in livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, September 18. EIGHTEEN former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels each receive P20,000...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old man was found dead inside a sack in his house in Purok Luyang, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 18. Police identified the victim as Jennifer. POLICE cordon the house of a 50-year-old man who was found dead inside a sack...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Thursday, September 19, that Negros Occidental has sustained P104.9 million in damage to agriculture due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by recent weather disturbances. THE town of...
BACOLOD CITY – Two local government units (LGUs) in the southern part of Negros Occidental declared a state of calamity on Wednesday, September 18, due to the effects of the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” SITIO Culo, Barangay Tagda, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental is flooded by heavy rains from...
