BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old farmer held his 51-year-old live-in partner hostage at gunpoint after she refused to sign documents for a land transfer in Barangay Prosperidad, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, June 15. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has ordered an investigation of the road accident involving a city government bus in which a teacher was killed in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Friday, June 14. READ:...
A teacher died and 35 others were injured after a bus of the Bacolod City government turned on its side in Purok Talus, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon, June 14. PEOPLE flock to the area where a bus fell on its side, killing a teacher and injuring...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental acknowledged the unwavering dedication and sacrifices of responders in the Kanlaon Volcano eruption during the 126th Independence Day celebration here on Wednesday, June 12. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson leads the...
BACOLOD CITY – Cloud seeding operations in Negros Occidental have been temporarily put on hold amid the threat of lahar or mudflow in La Castellana town due to the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. In a media interview, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said they were ready to start the cloud seeding to...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is optimistic that the creation of the Negros Island Region will make it easier to do business, as residents and entrepreneurs will have all services available in one administrative region. “I think it will ease doing business because people...
BACOLOD CITY - Officials of this city and Negros Occidental are elated after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act into law on Thursday, June 13. PRESIDENT Marcos leads the signing of the Negros Island Region bill in Malacanang on Thursday, June 13. The...
The provinces of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor will now be under one administrative region after President Marcos signed Republic Act (RA) No. 12000 or the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act on Thursday, June 13. NEW LAW, NEW REGION — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri believes that the Negros Island Region (NIR) will usher in the "golden age" for Negros. In a statement on Thursday, June 13, following President Marcos' signing of the NIR Act. Zubiri said that the NIR is going to bring unprecedented growth and development to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Negros Occidental recently visited the town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental to ensure the stable prices of basic necessities while it is under a state of calamity due to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. ENGIEMAR Tupas,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old barangay tanod or watchman was killed and his 12-year-old relative was wounded in a gun attack in Sitio Buyoron, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, June 7. A 12-year-old boy was wounded in a gun attack that killed his relative in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) recognized the heroism and dedication of a policeman who was wounded in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Magticol, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June 8. READ:...
