BACOLOD CITY – The Victorias City government has secured a total of P13 million in cash grant to develop a birdwatching site dubbed “A Birder’s Paradise” at the Gawahon Ecopark in the city. VICTORIAS City, Negros Occidental Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez (second from right), with City Tourism...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City and Murcia in Negros Occidental topped the city and municipal categories of the Best of Festival Dances Competition during the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival here on Monday, April 15. The Sidlak Kadalag-an Festival dancers of Victorias City successfully defended...
BACOLOD CITY – A 47-year-old man and his 25-year-old son were arrested and suspected shabu was seized in a search warrant operation in Barangay Gahit, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 13. A MAN and his son were arrested in a search warrant operation in Barangay Gahit, E.B....
BACOLOD CITY – A bedridden senior citizen was killed and her neighbor was injured in a fire in Sitio Garazon, Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, April 13. A SEPTUAGENARIAN died in a fire in Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 13....
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) will deploy a total of 1,102 security forces to ensure peace and order in this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival from April 15 to 21. SECURITY forces for the Panaad sa Negros Festival starting on April 15 are deployed during...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in buy-bust operations here and Negros Occidental on April 11 and 12. Seized from the suspects were P945,200 worth of suspected shabu. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and P850,000 shabu was confiscated in a buy-bust operation in...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received a total of P70,000 financial assistance in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, April 11. MAYOR Filomeno Reyes (standing) meets seven rebel returnees who were provided a total of P70,000 financial assistance in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old girl was killed and eight members of her family were injured after the truck they were riding in fell on its side in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 9. Police Lt. Col. Gary Alan Resuma, Cauayan police chief, said the victims were on their...
BACOLOD CITY – Shabu worth P1.5 million was seized from suspected drug pushers in police buy-bust operations in this city and Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 10. A 26-year-old man was arrested and P686,800 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was found dead in a sugarcane field in Barangay Bagroy, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 10. MAP of Negros Occidental with the town of Binalbagan highlighted. Police withheld the name of the 39-year-old victim, a resident of Isabela, Negros...
Senator Lito Lapid has reiterated that using renewable energy (RE) sources can help address the brownouts being experienced in Negros Occidental, Panay Island, and other areas in the country. Lapid said the country must improve usage of RE sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower. Using...
BACOLOD CITY – Officials of the province of Negros Occidental are elated over the pronouncement of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that he intends to sign the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson talks to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during the...
