BACOLOD CITY – Three local government units in Negros Occidental are now headed by couples who emerged victorious in the midterm elections.THREE couples won the elections in Negros Occidental. The Mirandas (top photo), Yulos (middle), and the Arceos (photo above). In Kabankalan City, Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were wounded in the Election Day gun attack in Silay City, Negros Occidental.The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) released the names of the wounded hours after the incident happened at 7 a.m. in Barangay Mambulac.Killed in the shooting were Albert...
BACOLOD CITY - Two persons were killed and five others were wounded after a barangay chairman and his two companions allegedly opened fire without provocation while passing through Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, May 12.REELECTIONIST Mayor Joedith Gallego visits...
Police arrested a 57-year-old farmer after guns and bullets were recovered during a raid in his house in Sitio Cansilayan, Barangay 11, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 10, as part of heightened security operations in Negros Island ahead of the May 12 elections.A 57-year-old farmer...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was electrocuted to death by a cellphone charger in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 7.POLICE talk to the family of a six-year-old girl who was fatally electrocuted in their house in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Thursday said that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has asked the support of governors, particularly those running unopposed, to help three lagging senatorial candidates of the administration Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas win on Monday.Lacson said...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division is mobilizing 2,524 troops to augment police securing the May 12 elections in Negros Island.Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, 3rd ID spokesperson, said that 1,487 soldiers from the 302nd Infantry Brigade based in Negros Oriental and around 1,037 under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sagay City government in Negros Occidental recently launched another tourism destination in Barangay Vito that will boost sustainable eco-tourism and provide inclusive economic opportunity to the community.The newly-opened “Pala-Pala sa Vito” inside the Vito Visitor Center...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has signed an agreement with WeGen Energy Philippines Inc. for the installation of a 1,270 kilowatt-hour (kwh) rooftop solar project across key facilities in Negros Occidental.NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (seated center) and WeGen vice...
BACOLOD CITY – University of the Philippines (UP)-Cebu alumna Jhon Isidor Supelanas, alias Dalia or Dee, was among those killed in a series of clashes between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on April 27.SUPELANASREAD:...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of seven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of encounters with the military in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 27.READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/4/27/5-npa-rebels-slain-in-kabankalan-clashesCol. Erwin Rommel Lamzon,...
BACOLOD CITY – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of clashes with government forces in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 27.Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, spokesperson for the Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said that the fatalities were...