BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is monitoring the situation of 398 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the escalating tension between Hezbollah and Israel. THE provincial government of Negros Occidental established a help desk at the Public...
BACOLOD CITY – A 67-year-old man died in a collision between a truck and tricycle in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Paterno Belleza of Barangay Mandalagan here. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Pontevedra police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old laborer was electrocuted while urinating in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday afternoon, September 1. A LABORER was electrocuted while peeing in a resort in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental suspended work at the Provincial Capitol here from 12 noon onwards on Monday, September 2, due to inclement weather from tropical storm “Enteng.” In a memorandum issued by acting provincial administrator Alberto Nellas Jr., those...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office has reported a 183.62 percent increase in dengue cases in the first seven months of the year. A total of 2,822 cases, with six fatalities, were logged from January to August 24, 1,827 more than the 995 during the same period last...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve local government units in Negros Occidental suspended classes on Monday, September 2, due to tropical storm "Enteng." These are the towns of E.B. Magalona, Don Salvador Benedicto, Pulupandan, Hinoba-an, Isabela, Murcia, and Valladolid, and the cities of San Carlos,...
BACOLOD CITY – A stepfather admitted to the National Bureau of Investigation here that he molested his teenage stepdaughter who was found dead in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental last month. The stepfather made the admission on Friday, August 30, after he was summoned following...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod arrested a 61-year-old fake dentist in an entrapment operation in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. The NBI recovered a dental chair and other equipment at the suspect’s clinic. THE National...
BACOLOD CITY – A casual government employee was shot dead in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday night, August 27. A CASUAL government employee was gunned down in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, August 27. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – An American drowned in a beach in Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. An 86-year-old American drowned in a beach in Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 28. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office)...
BACOLOD CITY – A missing 15-year-old girl from this city was tortured before her death, autopsy result released on Tuesday, August 27, said. Police Capt. Rosinie Cabuena, deputy chief of the La Carlota City Police Station in Negros Occidental, said the 15-year-old victim suffered blunt trauma to...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-year-old boy died after he was hit by a motorcycle in Sitio Malipayon, Barangay Camalobalo, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, August 25. Police Lt. Col. Eduardo Corpuz, Hinigaran police chief, said the mother put her son down to allow him to walk on the...