BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Southern Negros Occidental intercepted around 100 boxes of assorted smuggled cigarettes at Old Pantalan in Barangay Cartagena, Sipalay City before dawn on Thursday morning, Nov. 27. According to Lt. Junior Grade James Carbajosa, commander of PCG-Southern...
BACOLOD CITY – Experts said that cracks on a mountain in Camp Valdez, Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, could develop into a sinkhole. Authorities are keeping a close watch on these fissures following a recent landslide. Executive Assistant Dionilo Bogtae, head of the Public...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sipalay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) in Negros Occidental reported tension and minor cracks in two schools and some government structures following the 5.1-earthquake that struck the city on Tuesday, Oct. 7. A Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs...
BACOLOD CITY - Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, revealed that 13 shooting incidents in this highly-urbanized city since 2021 were connected to a suspected gun-for-hire recently arrested in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 24, Coronica...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a policeman and his 16-year-old daughter from drowning in Barangay 5, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 18. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) spokesperson, said the 39-year-old police officer’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) died while saving his 12-year-old son from drowning in the sea of Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 20. A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker drowned while saving his 12-year-old son in the sea of Barangay 2,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old corporal from Iloilo City was allegedly shot dead by a colleague inside an Army detachment in Sitio Barasbarasan, Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. Police said the victim and the 43-year-old suspect from Lanao...
BACOLOD CITY – A 66-year-old farmer was found dead with bullet wounds in Sitio Omas, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 23. A 66-year-old farmer was found dead with bullet wounds in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed and their teenage daughter was injured in a collision in Sitio Canlayuhan, Purok Mani, Barangay Gil Montilla, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on All Souls’ Day. A COUPLE was killed and their teenage daughter was injured in a collision in Barangay Gil Montilla,...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod arrested a 61-year-old fake dentist in an entrapment operation in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. The NBI recovered a dental chair and other equipment at the suspect’s clinic. THE National...
BACOLOD CITY – An American drowned in a beach in Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. An 86-year-old American drowned in a beach in Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office)...
BACOLOD CITY – Soldiers killed two New People’s Army rebels on Wednesday and Thursday in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, spokesperson of the Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said the 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) was responding to information...
