BACOLOD CITY – All winning candidates in Negros Occidental in the May 12 elections have been proclaimed, Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said. Fourteen out of the 31 local government units in the province have new mayors. The remaining 17 local chief executives were reelected. ...
BACOLOD CITY – A 61-year-old laborer was fatally shot in a fiesta in Sitio Minasug-ang, Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Thursday night, May 15. Police said the victim and a 25-year-old man, both residents of Barangay Bandila, Toboso, were attending the fiesta, when two men...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old man was shot and wounded by the police after he attempted to set fire to a fuel pump in a gasoline station in Barangay Santo Rosario, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 15. Police said the 25-year-old gasoline station manager requested for assistance...
BACOLOD CITY – Two neophyte mayors were elected in Negros Occidental on May 12 – Matthew Louis Malacon and Miguel Yulo of E.B. Magalona and Isabela municipalities, respectively. E.B. Magalona Mayor-elect Matthew Louis Malacon (center, top photo) and Isabela Mayor-elect Miguel Yulo (left, photo...
BACOLOD CITY – From being the first lady mayor, outgoing Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan made history again as she was elected as the first woman vice mayor of La Castellana, Negros Occidental. After serving three terms as mayor since 2016, Mangilimutan is transitioning to her new role leading the...
BACOLOD CITY – Two teenage boys were killed after a 10-wheel truck loaded with sugarcane crashed into a computer shop in Purok 9, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 15. Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, Murcia police chief, said the victims were aged 14 and 15. TWO...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have filed murder and frustrated murder complaints against a barangay captain and three others over a shooting incident where two people were killed and seven others were injured in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Election Day. Police Lt. Col. Joem...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson was reelected for his third and final term in Negros Occidental. The Provincial Board of Canvassers led by Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria proclaimed Lacson at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall here on Tuesday, May 13. NEGROS Occidental...
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...
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...
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...
