BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has cancelled this year's Banana Festival from April 1 to 5 as some banana-producing barangays have been affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. SABA sticks made from the saba banana variety being sold in a store...
A lawyer is vying to become Talisay City, Negros Occidental’s first lady mayor. ROWENA Lizares (Glazyl Masculino) Incumbent Mayor Neil Lizares’ wife Rowena, fondly called “Weng,” is joining politics for the first time, aiming to continue the legacy of her husband, who is now on his last...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old business administration student from Victorias City, Negros Occidental was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros 2025 on Friday, March 28. JADA Biaxyl Celeste, 21, from Victorias City, Negros Occidental was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros 2025 during the coronation night at the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old woman was killed when the car she was riding in plunged into a ravine in Sitio Talus, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 29. A 58-year-old woman was killed after a Sports Utility Vehicle fell into a ravine in Sitio...
Seven persons, including four policewomen and two children, were injured when their Sports Utility Vehicle plunged into a ravine in Sitio Talus, Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Saturday afternoon, March 29. SEVEN persons, including four policewomen and two children,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine National Police inaugurated newly built standard buildings in four local government units in Negros Occidental this week. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief, led the unveiling in La Castellana and Isabela towns on...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said three farmers have been killed in separate shooting incidents in Calatrava, Negros Occidental since Tuesday, March 25. A 39-year-old farmer was shot dead in his farm in Barangay Telim, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 26. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava...
BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-two pupils from Bubog Elementary School in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, fell ill after consuming expired chocolates and chips on Wednesday morning, March 26. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DepEd)-Negros Occidental, confirmed that 15 Grade...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old farmer was found dead in a sugarcane field in Sitio Kabangahan, Barangay Mandu-ao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, March 24, six days after he was reportedly abducted in Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on March 18. A 51-year-old farmer was found...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has asked the national government for P47 million in additional funding to replenish their resources for the evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano. MANGILIMUTAN Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan said that the amount will help...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old laborer was arrested in Sitio Bunga, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, March 22, 23 years after escaping from the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. POLICE a 46-year-old fugitive laborer in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit the Bago City Elementary School in Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 21. A FIRE hit the Bago City Elementary School in Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 21. (Contributed photo by John Dale...
