Kanlaon acts up: Evacuation ordered, classes canceled

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 09/12/2024

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines —Residents have been ordered to leave the 4-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) due to the imminent threat posed by the volcano. The orders were given by local governments near Mt. Kanlaon, which…

Bacolod principal dies after falling off school building

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 08/01/2024

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The principal who fell off the roof of an elementary school as he tried to clear it with leaves, has died at the Riverside Medical Center on Wednesday, July 31. The…

Negros Occ.: Angry janitor says he burned school, mayor’s house

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 06/17/2024

BACOLOD CITY — Police said on Sunday, June 16, that an angry janitor admitted or claimed responsibility to setting a school on fire, which spread to the houses of Mayor Renato Gustilo and his grandfather at Ylagan…

Kanlaon volcano eruption: More than 1,000 residents flee homes in Negros

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 06/04/2024

BACOLOD CITY — Farming villages near Kanlaon Volcano in two towns and two cities in Negros Occidental and one city in Negros Oriental have been emptied of their more than 1,000 residents, who were evacuated by authorities.…

Negros Island Region: Marcos set to sign law creating NIR

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 04/10/2024

The Negros Island Region (NIR) bill would soon be signed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. into law.  The bill, if signed into law, would create Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor into one administrative region. The…

Jo Koy visits Bacolod for inauguration of road he donated to school

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 01/07/2023

BACOLOD CITY — Filipino-American stand-up comedian and actor Jo Koy and his family visited this city on Friday, January 6, for the inauguration of a road he donated to a public school. Jo Koy’s visit only became…

Gov limits flights, sea passengers to Negros Occidental

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 02/03/2022

BACOLOD CITY––Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has decided to restrict the number of flights arriving in the province and passengers on sea vessels. Under Executive Order No. 22-03, Series of 2022, the province will allow only…

Negros submarine cable damaged by DPWH being repaired, says NGCP 

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 07/08/2021

BACOLOD CITY—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is working to repair its Negros high voltage submarine cable damaged during the Department of Public Workers and Highways (DPWH) re-channeling activities. The damage had not affected the…

Bacolod diocese has ways to secure safety of people during Ash Wednesday

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 02/15/2021

BACOLOD CITY –– The Diocese of Bacolod has come up with options to ensure the safety of people during Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17. Among these are sprinkling the ashes on the head of the faithful, and…

Army troopers in pursuit of NPA rebels after clashes in Negros Oriental

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 01/17/2021

BACOLOD CITY – Government troopers are in pursuit of suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) following four separate clashes in the upland barangays of Sandayao and Trinidad in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental since Saturday. Maj.…

City mayors to meet with national execs on purchase of vaccines by LGUs

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 01/10/2021

BACOLOD CITY – The national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) has called for a virtual general assembly of city mayors on Tuesday, January 12, to meet with national officials to discuss the…

With no hospital admitting him, Bacolod City councilor’s staff member dies from cardiac arrest

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 08/24/2020

BACOLOD CITY –– A technical staff member of a councilor here died of cardiac arrest in his house on Sunday as hospitals in Bacolod City remained overwhelmed by the rising number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.…

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