BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11, days before 45th birth anniversary. The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) mourned the death of Sarex Alonso, a resident of Barangay San Juan,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group–Negros Island Region (CIDG-NIR) arrested a 39-year-old taxi driver in Barangay III, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Thursday, six months after allegedly killing and raping a 31-year-old call center agent in Talisay City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old woman was fatally electrocuted and her 80-year-old father was seriously injured during a family outing in a resort in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 25. Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, said the victims went to a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old candidate for municipal councilor in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was killed in a collision between a tricycle and truck in Hacienda Carmenchita, Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra on Tuesday night, April 8. A 54-year-old candidate for municipal...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old laborer was allegedly gored to death by a carabao in Sitio Sapa, Hacienda Casal-agan Dako, Barangay DSB, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 1. A 19-YEAR-OLD man was allegedly gored to death by a carabao in Barangay DSB, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old woman was killed by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 4. Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, identified the victim as Trinidad Baliguat of Barangay Don...
ILOILO CITY – The seventh most wanted person in Iloilo province was caught in Negros Occidental province. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Erol, a former barangay tanod from Lemery town, Iloilo. The 47-year-old Erol was nabbed in Pontevedra town on September 16 by the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 67-year-old man died in a collision between a truck and tricycle in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Paterno Belleza of Barangay Mandalagan here. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Pontevedra police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Purok Enyam, Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24. A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24....
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 7 student drowned in the sea in the reclamation area in Barangay 1 Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 24. Police Lt. Darryl Kuhutan, deputy chief of the Pontevedra Municipal Police Station, said the victim and his two friends went...
BACOLOD CITY – A beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was razed in a fire at past midnight on Black Saturday. A FIRE razes a beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Andrea Soliguen) Senior...
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,...
