BACOLOD CITY – Eighty-one houses were destroyed by a fire in Greenville Bato, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 22. A report from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-San Carlos said 77 houses were totally and four were partially damaged. A concerned resident...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a policeman and his 16-year-old daughter from drowning in Barangay 5, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 18. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) spokesperson, said the 39-year-old police officer’s...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Murcia in Negros Occidental is conducting education and barangay visitation to strengthen animal welfare in the town. The local government, along with the police, barangay officials, and Bach Project PH, recently held a meeting to discuss the necessary...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policewoman was arrested and 45 grams of suspected shabu worth P306,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said the 30-year-old suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City in Negros Occidental has adopted an ordinance penalizing the dissemination of false or misleading information using the name or authority of the local government unit (LGU) and its officials. To be known as the “Anti-Fake News Announcement Ordinance of Victorias...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old farmer was gored to death by his own carabao in Crossing Martisan, Barangay Burgos, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 8. Police said the victim was feeding his carabao when it suddenly went wild and gored him in the chest. The victim sustained injuries...
The E.B. Magalona Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental is offering a P20,000 cash reward to anyone who can provide information on the whereabouts of a 58-year-old rape suspect, who escaped the station 's custodial facility, a week after his apprehension. A flash alarm was posted by...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao was formally installed as the new Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office chief on Tuesday, Sept.9, at the provincial police headquarters in Barangay Estefania here. Police Col. Dennis Esguerra, deputy regional director for administration of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has warned contractors that they will be blacklisted if they fail to repair two flood control structures. “If they cannot comply, then they will not be included in any future projects. They will not be allowed to join...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 6. Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz City police chief, said the victim, a Grade 6 pupil, was playing with other children near a cotton fruit...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday a 37-year-old construction worker for allegedly molesting his minor cousin in Barangay Rizal, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said that the suspect was served an arrest warrant for two counts of rape and...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-four houses were razed by fire in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, before noon on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Fire Officer 1 Rochel Ann Batayola, chief of the intelligence and investigation unit of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-San Carlos City, said that 21...
