BACOLOD CITY - Thirteen persons were arrested after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided two alleged drug dens here and in Negros Occidental on Thursday. PDEA agents arrest eight persons in an alleged drug den in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-eight out of 31 local chief executives in Negros Occidental expressed their support to the bid of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who’s running for vice president in the May 2022 elections. Presidential aspirant...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio continues to hammer home her message of unity wherever she goes on the campaign trail. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio making rounds in Bacolod on Feb. 23, 2022 (HNP Media) Over in Bacolod, Negros...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s bid to woo Negros Occidental, the province where he lost in the 2016 vice presidential race, seems fruitful after earning the endorsement of majority of its mayors, although it does not mean an automatic support from its voting population....
BACOLOD CITY - A man was gunned down in front of his wife and three children while defending his brother in Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 21. Police cordon off the area in Barangay Maao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, where a man was shot dead in front of his family on...
67811 BACOLOD CITY - A fire hit a residential area in Sitio Dakuta Dako, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, gutted 31 houses, and displaced 191 persons on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Of the total number of houses, 29 were totally damaged while two others werepartially damaged, according to...
BACOLOD CITY - A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal possession of firearm, ammunition, and explosives in Barangay Camang-Camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 19. A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno paid tribute to the victims of the Escalante Massacre by joining a unity walk during his recent visit to Negros Occidental. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno joins unity walk to honor victims of Escalante Massacre on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (Photo from...
BACOLOD CITY - Three men were shot to death while another was wounded in an ambush by unidentified men at Hacienda Villa Lina, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 20. Personnel of the Scene of Crime Operatives (Soco) probe the shooting incident where three persons...
BACOLOD CITY - Local officials here led the groundbreaking for the construction of the Silay City Government Center in Negros Occidental which is being eyed to boost the growth and development in the city as well as its local economy. Mayor Mark Golez led the groundbreaking of the P1 billion...
There is, still, a rainbow after the rain Bugnai Tree by Erika Velasco If there was a time in recent memory that Negros Occidental was visited by floods with uncanny timing, it would have been the year that has just passed, 2021. On New Year’s Day, from North to South, the province was besieged....
A suspected communist rebel died while four others, including a minor, were captured when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers foiled an attempt of the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt a relief operation for the victims of typhoon “Odette” in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental over the weekend. (Courtesy...
