BACOLOD CITY – Two siblings and their friend were killed when their motorcycles collided with a dump truck in Hacienda Nieva, Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, March 4. THREE persons were killed when a dump truck collided with their motorcycles in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – The tent city for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees being constructed by the Negros Occidental provincial government in Himamaylan City is almost finished. A TENT city for Kanlaon evacuees in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental is almost complete after 300 out of 395 have been built. (Photo...
Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental and neighboring areas will soon benefit from improved cellular network and data connectivity after the city government signed a partnership with Phil Tower Consortium Inc. to build cell site towers in strategic areas. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) and Phil Tower...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense is eyeing Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental as pilot tent city for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) inspects tents being set up in Sitio Bingig, Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Mayor Carminia “Mencit” Bascon of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental passed away at the age of 88 in a hospital here before dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Her son, former Mayor Agustin Ernesto “Tinto” Bascon, confirmed the death of his mother. Agustin said she suffered...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old laborer tagged as a New People’s Army militia member was arrested in a raid in Sitio Maglantay, Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City on Saturday, Nov. 23. Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, Himamaylan police chief, said the suspect was apprehended during...
BACOLOD CITY – A forest protection officer was gunned down by the New People’s Army a day before her 48th birth anniversary in Sitio Taytay 3, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday night, Nov. 14. A 47-year-old woman was shot dead by the New People’s Army on the...
BACOLOD CITY – A retired teacher was killed in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Purok 4, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 10. A RETIRED teacher perished in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A man and his son were electrocuted to death in Purok 6, Barangay Nabalian, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 9. A MAN and his son were electrocuted to death in Barangay Nabalian, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Nov. 9. (Photo courtesy of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man drowned after saving his relative during a family outing in a resort in Sitio Batang, Barangay Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day. A 28- year-old man drowned after saving his relative during a family outing in Barangay Talaban,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion on Friday, August 23, identified the New People’s Army couple killed in a clash in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. GUNS and bullets were recovered from a New People’s Army couple killed in an encounter with the...
