BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old laborer allegedly stabbed a 73-year-old man to death during an altercation in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 23. A 73-year-old man was stabbed dead by a laborer in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 485 policemen from this city and Negros Occidental were deployed to Iloilo City to augment security for the highlight of Dinagyang Festival this week. Police Capt. Liberty Indiape, Bacolod City Police Office public information officer, said that 248 personnel were...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has appealed for vehicles to transport 37,000 residents when Kanlaon Volcano is placed under Alert Level 4. KANLAON Volcano seen from Purok 2, Barangay Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 23....
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-bed hospital will soon rise in Barangay Tinampaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) and Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. lay down a time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the P270-million Cadiz City Medical Center in...
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-one evacuees working as volunteers in provincial community kitchens in evacuation centers in Negros Occidental will be hired as job order workers. A COMMUNITY kitchen in Bago City, Negros Occidental established by the provincial government. (Photo courtesy of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old farmer was allegedly gunned down by a 19-year-old man due to grudges in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, Jan. 20. A 51-year-old farmer was gunned down over grudges in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 33-year-old pedicab driver was gunned down and his younger brother was wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 18. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, identified the fatality as Mark Britanico. Injured...
BACOLOD CITY – Gunmen chasing a 40-year-old man shot and killed his 31-year-old brother inside their house in Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Jan. 15. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan police chief, identified as the fatality as Alex. Garinganao said the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense is preparing for the potential evacuation of up to 100,000 residents when the alert level of Kanlaon Volcano is raised from Alert Level 3 to Level 4. THE Office of the Civil Defense led by Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno meets Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Nineteen employees of the Negros Occidental provincial government – three regulars, seven job order casual, three contract, and six security guards – tested positive during a surprise drug test last December. NEGROS Occidental provincial government employees take...
BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old boy died after he accidentally shot himself with an air gun in Barangay Purisima, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 12. Police said the victim’s sister went to the living room to check on her brother after hearing a noise. She found him wounded in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has introduced a mobile application to enhance the real-time monitoring of checkpoints in the May 12 elections. POLICE man an election checkpoint in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 12. (Photo courtesy of...
