7-year-old student sells artwork to help sick classmate

Carla Gomez 08/11/2021

BACOLOD CITY––Two months ago, 7-year-old Derek Sanson wanted to buy an Xbox, a video gaming console. As requested by his parents, Derek started saving money for it. But just recently, the boy, a Grade 2 pupil at…

5 ‘high risk’ prisoners flee Bago City jail; manhunt on

Carla Gomez 06/30/2021

BACOLOD CITY — Five “high risk” prisoners at the Negros Occidental District Jail in Bago City escaped at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, June 29. Lawyer Jairus Anthony Dogelio, spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in…

Negros Occidental governor’s office shut down due to COVID scare

Carla Gomez 06/13/2021

BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Governor’s Office has been temporarily shut down after two employees tested positive for COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said on Friday. The two employees who tested positive for COVID-19 are in…

Flaming stone falls from sky in Bacolod

Carla Gomez 06/13/2021

BACOLOD CITY – A flaming stone which reportedly fell from the sky landed at the Negros Occidental High School (NOHS) campus in this city on Friday. According to NOHS principal Mario Amaca, he and other persons in…

Negros Occidental gov orders 4-day workweek for prov’l gov’t employees

Carla Gomez 04/13/2021

BACOLOD CITY –– Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has ordered a four-day workweek for provincial government employees amid the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Lacson said in an April 12 memorandum that office hours would…

Boholana nurse dies of COVID-19 in UK

Carla Gomez, Leo Udtohan - @inquirerdotnet 02/22/2021

CANDIJAY, Bohol – “I will be back.” This was the promise made by Estrella Bersamen-Catalan to her family while she was taken to the hospital due to back pains a few weeks ago. But the 52-year-old nurse…

Thousands flee floods in Western Visayas, Bicol

Carla Gomez, Mar Arguelles, Nikka Valenzuela 01/10/2021

Only days after cleaning up the mud caused by floods eight days ago, thousands of families in the Western Visayas and Bicol regions again tried to battle nature as a seasonal weather system pounded them with incessant…

NegOcc mayor, 4 others contract COVID-19

Carla Gomez 11/09/2020

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines  – A mayor in Negros Occidental and his four companions tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca and four of his employees are now under quarantine at…

Entry of locally stranded individuals in Negros Occidental suspended from Oct. 3 to 9

Carla Gomez 10/06/2020

The Western Visayas Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) on COVID-19 has approved the suspension of the arrival of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in Negros Occidental from October 3 to 9. LSIs bound for Bacolod, however, may enter…

Negros Occidental orders arrest of 7 persons who refused swab test

Carla Gomez 09/19/2020

BACOLOD CITY — The Negros Occidental provincial government has ordered the arrest of seven people who refused to undergo a swab test for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) upon their entry in the province. The seven, who…

Negros Occidental OKs P198M for COVID-19

Carla Gomez 04/29/2020

BACOLOD CITY –– The Negros Occidental Provincial Board (PB) has approved a P198.1 million supplemental budget on Tuesday, a part of which will be used to boost the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Among those that…

Mambukal ‘resort living’ for Negrenses monitored for virus symptoms

Carla Gomez 03/21/2020

BACOLOD CITY—About 84 Negrenses placed under quarantine found themselves holed up not in some cramped facility but at an idyllic resort in the town of Murcia in Negros Occidental. The Mambukal Resort, owned by the Negros Occidental…

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