BACOLOD CITY – Tropical depression “Basyang” dumped heavy rain on Negros Island Region (NIR) and displaced 5,339 families or 16,859 individuals in 29 barangays on Friday, Feb. 6. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-NIR said 892 families or 1,684 persons are staying in 33 evacuation centers...
BACOLOD CITY – Bayawan City in Negros Oriental is holding a wake for eight city government employees and a student intern killed in a road accident on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Their remains lie at the Villareal gymnasium in Bayawan City starting Thursday, Feb. 5. Mayor John Raymond Jr., in a media...
The provincial government of Negros Oriental cancelled work in all government offices on Friday, Feb. 6, due to tropical storm “Basyang.” Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria, chairman of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), said this measure will safeguard...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 759 passengers, drivers, and helpers were stranded in various seaports in Negros Island Region (NIR) on Thursday, Feb. 5, due to tropical storm "Basyang." The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) monitored 490 stranded passengers in northern Negros Occidental,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental and Siquijor have suspended classes due to tropical depression “Basyang.” Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria suspended classes on Feb. 5 and 6 as Basyang will traverse Northeastern Mindanao and Central and Western Visayas between Thursday and...
The alert status, which indicates that all teams are ready for deployment for incidents needing assistance from the province, took effect at 5 p.m. for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Emergency Operations Center, until weather conditions significantly improve. As...
Nine individuals, including the driver, were killed after a local government-owned truck they were riding plunged into a ravine in Barangay Kalamtukan, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO),...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Richard Jaojoco has called on Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon to investigate a road in Toboso, Negros Occidental destroyed by heavy rains on Saturday, Jan. 31. Jaojoco posted photos on social media showing a portion of the damaged road in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Monday a couple who allegedly killed their neighbor in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, almost a year after the incident last March. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, La Castellana police chief, said that a warrant of arrest for murder dated...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Timmar Alam was named officer-in-charge of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office on Monday, Feb. 2. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), presided over the turnover ceremony at the Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed in a collision between their tricycle and Sports Utility Vehicle in Barangay Camba-og, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 1. The victims were a 49-year-old fish vendor and his live-in partner from Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Investigation said the...
BACOLOD CITY – Three-thousand fully grown marijuana plants valued at P600,000 were uprooted and burned by the police in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Manduao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental over the weekend. The Bayawan City Police Station and 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company were patrolling when they...
