The Department of Education-Schools Division of Negros Occidental (DepEd-NegOcc) has vowed continued protection for learners and teachers after a student of Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School (RBLMHS) in Talisay City was recently found possessing a hand grenade and illegal drugs inside the campus. “We reassure all learners, parents, staff, and other stakeholders that …
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Woman hangs self
A 29-year-old woman hanged herself inside her room in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City on Tuesday afternoon, April 11. In a report by the city police station, the victim was identified as 29-year-old Rizame Aguilar, a resident of Villa Victoria in the city’s Barangay 13. According to the victim’s sister, Aguilar committed suicide using the …
Girl found dead
A girl was found dead in a field at Barangay Tinayunan Hill’s Sitio Anislag in Negros Oriental’s Guihulngan City on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Based on the investigation, the girl was identified as “Shella,” a Grade 8 student and a resident of the said village. According to witnesses, they still saw the student on …
Iloilo City seeks water investors, council says
The Iloilo City Sangguniang Panlungsod is ready to endorse investors who could help address the water shortage in the city. “By all means, we will endorse. What is important is that we have enough water supply,” chairperson of the council’s committee on energy and public utilities, Romel Duron, said in an interview yesterday. He said …
Murcia mayor to convene restobar owners over operating hours limit
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The mayor of Negros Occidental’s Murcia town will hold a meeting with restobar owners in the municipality after a proposal was forwarded by the town police chief to limit the establishments’ operating hours. Murcia police chief, Major Mark Joel Reclamado’s proposal was in response to a bar brawl last …
Rider dead, 7 hurt in Bago mishap
A motorcycle rider died while seven were injured in a road accident at Barangay Busay in Negros Occidental’s Bago City on Saturday afternoon, April 1. Police identified the fatality as 48-year-old Rolando Suello of Hillside Subdivision in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan. His motorcycle accidentally bumped into a tricycle driven by Benjie Magbanua. Magbanua and …
Negros Oriental still faces security threat —JTFN
The Joint Task Force Negros (JTFN) will continue its peace and security mission even as government operatives conclude their search operations at a sugar mill compound in Negros Oriental’s Sta. Catalina town over the weekend. Major Cenon Pancito III, JTFN spokesperson, told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that security threats remain in the province, …