Bago City in Negros Occidental mourned the death of Chef Margarita Araneta Forés who has roots from Negros on Monday, Feb. 12. BAGO City, Negros Occidental Mayor Nicholas Yulo with the late Chef Margarita Araneta Forés. (Photo via Citybridge) “We join the rest of those who loved and...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Monday night, Feb. 10. HEAVY equipment torched by the New People’s Army in La Libertad, Negros Oriental. (Photo via 62nd IB) The casualty...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has resumed its feeding program for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees in three localities in Negros Occidental. A COMMUNITY kitchen conducts a feeding program established by the provincial government for evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old truck driver was caught with suspected shabu and improvised bladed weapons while visiting his uncle detained at the Talisay City Jail in Talisay City, Negros Occidental in Saturday, Feb. 8. A TRUCK driver yielded two improvised bladed weapons concealed in a pair of...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a man suspected to be a “salvage” or summary execution victim was found in a sugarcane field in Sitio Lemonsito, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Feb. 6. THE body of a suspected 'salvage' victim was found in Moises Padilla,...
BACOLOD CITY – The cities of Silay and La Carlota in Negros Occidental have partnered to strengthen disaster response and management for Kanlaon Volcano. SILAY City Mayor Joedith Gallego (seated, left) and La Carlota Mayor Rex Jalando-on (seated, second from left) sign a Memorandum of Agreement...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,018 policemen in Negros Island were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. TWO-hundred seventy-four policemen were promoted in Negros Oriental on Thursday, Feb. 6. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office) Five-hundred twenty-seven were from Negros...
BACOLOD CITY - Three sitios in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental were affected by ash fall and sulfuric odor from a minor explosion of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6. THE La Castellana municipal government in Negros Occidental distributes face masks to...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine lawmakers from Negros Island signed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 5. VICE President Sara Duterte. (FB) They are Negros Occidental first district Rep. Gerardo Valmayor, second district Rep. Alfredo Marañon III, third...
Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental and neighboring areas will soon benefit from improved cellular network and data connectivity after the city government signed a partnership with Phil Tower Consortium Inc. to build cell site towers in strategic areas. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) and Phil Tower...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old farmer was fatally shot in Sitio Bedio, Barangay Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 2. A 41-year-old farmer was shot dead in Barangay Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 2. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifty-seven families or 232 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Pasil, Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 4. FAMILIES affected by a fire in Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City, Negros Occidental are temporarily sheltered at the city...
