BACOLOD CITY – A young woman was allegedly molested in front of her boyfriend after they were robbed in a sugarcane field in Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said the woman and her minor boyfriend left...
BACOLOD CITY – This province has recorded the first case of pertussis or whooping cough. LACSON (FB) Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that the patient was a two-month-old baby girl whose condition was confirmed by a confirmatory test result from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old man drove a tricycle and destroyed religious images during a Mass at the San Isidro Labrador Parish Church in Barangay Santo Rosario, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, April 3. IMAGES of saints were destroyed by an allegedly mentally-ill man during a...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay tanod (watchman) was killed and three others, including a 17-year-old boy, were injured in commotions during a fiesta in Barangay Malubon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Easter Sunday. Police withheld the names of the 32-year-old fatality and injured. A POLICE officer...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard recorded a total of 104,012 passengers in various seaports in Negros Occidental from March 22 to Easter Sunday. The PCG said 52,666 were outbound and 51,346 were inbound passengers. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in northern Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle crashed in a sugarcane field in Barangay 1-A, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Easter Sunday. A MOTORCYLE rider died in an accident in Barangay 1-A, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Easter Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Manapla Municipal...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Good Friday. Police identified the fatality as Elejarde Oblianda Jr., 42, of Barangay Inayawan. Police Lt. Col. Gary Allan Resuma, Cauayan police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Five persons, including two children, drowned in rivers during the Holy Week from March 25 to 31 in Negros Occidental. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said the victims drowned in Cadiz, La Carlota, and Kabankalan cities and the towns of Moises Padilla...
BACOLOD CITY – This city and local government units in Negros Occidental suspended face-to-face classes on April 1 and 2 due to forecast high heat index reaching up to 42 degrees Celsius. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, in a Facebook post on Easter Sunday, encouraged pre-school...
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 – A man was gunned down by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. A MAN was shot dead by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A mall in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental has been robbed, police said on Easter Sunday. Mall operations were temporarily halted on Black Saturday as a result. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said management decided to close the mall for a day pending...
