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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Western Visayas announced Tuesday, September 27, that the Magsaysay Bridge in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic starting Wednesday, September 28, until further notice.It said that the DPWH Negros Occidental 2nd District Engineering Office will conduct rehabilitation and major repairs on the bridge to provide better connectivity.During the rehabilitation, sudden traffic congestion may be experienced in the area, it added.Motorists and the riding public are advised to take the newly completed two-lane Magsaysay Parallel Bridge, which will be utilized as a two-way passage.DPWH personnel will also be deployed in the area for traffic management, while equipment will be on stand-by ...

The Panayawan River in Tayasan, Negros Oriental, where the mother drowned on Monday.*Tayasan DRRMO photoA mother was swept away by strong current in a river in Tayasan, Negros Oriental, on Monday, September 26.The mother, Indayon Esteban, helped her two children cross the Panayawan River, the police said.Her children were able to cross, but she drowned.She was found dead by rescuers.*

The items recovered from the alleged snatchers after their arrest on Monday, September 26.*Police Station 1 photoTwo alleged snatchers were arrested Monday, September 26, after they were cornered by Police Station 1 operatives in Barangay 12, Bacolod City.Nabbed were Regie Lamprea and Jhay Garcia.Maj. Ramel Sarona, Police Station 1 chief, said intelligence operatives had been monitoring the two suspects for several days because of complaints against them.Items recovered from the suspects include identification cards, cellphones and bags that were believed to have been stolen.Also seized from them were three sachets of suspected shabu, a tooter, gun replica and five bullets of a .45 caliber pistol.Charges for illegal possession of drugs, firearms, and theft will be f...

Jeremy Losbañes- San Miguel territory sales manager, George Jardiolin - SM City Bacolod Mall manager, Pinky Mirano- Ocampo - Bacolod Yuhum Foundation president, Jennifer Ann Fong- Megaworld Visayas vice president for sales and marketing and Rafael Jasper Vicencio - BingoPlus president (l-r) sign their MassKara memorandums of agreement.* Ronnie Baldonado photoFour large firms signed up as major sponsors of the MassKara Festival in October at rites held Tuesday, September 27, “to bring back the smiles and boost the economy as Bacolod emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic”.The representatives of San Miguel Corp., SM Prime Holdings Inc., BingoPlus and Megaworld Corporation signed memorandums of agreement with Bacolod Yuhum Foundation through its president Pinky Mirano- Ocampo, who is also...

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson reiterated his call for all Local Government Units and the public to ensure the practice of safe acquisition and consumption of drinking water with the rise of Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) cases, including cholera in the province.Lacson, in an advisory issued Tuesday, September 27, pointed out that the Department of Health disclosed that during their environmental surveillance in the region they found that most cases of AGE can be traced back to contaminated shallow wells.The DOH, Advisory No. 2022-155, emphasizes the boiling of drinking water and disinfection of household containers, Lacson said.Water Refilling Stations are also advised to post their Water Bacteriological Test Results done...

Dr. Ernell Tumimbang inspects the water sources in Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City.*Cholera has hit five Negros Occidental residents and an 88-year-old woman from Silay City died, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, September 27.The 88-year-old woman from Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, who was admitted at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) on September 17 died on September 22, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said.The 88-year-old, who was living alone, was a high risk patient because of her age, he said.The two other Silay City residents hit with cholera are a 22-year-old female from Hacienda Consolacion, Guinhalaran, and a 29-year-old female from Barangay Lantad, who were also confined at the TLJPH, Tumimbang said....

NVC president Millie Kilayko (right) delivering aid to Marawi.* Aeson Baldevia photoThe Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation Inc., a Negros Occidental based NGO, will be awarded by the Ateneo de Manila University its Parangal Lingkod Sambayan Award, which recognizes outstanding public service of individuals or organizations, on November 22.Ateneo, in its recognition announcement Tuesday, September 27, said NVC “epitomizes what the power of the human spirit can do.” It especially recognizes how NVC “harnesses individuals’ energies, resources, talents, and skills to help those most in need” through its nutrition, education and livelihood programs, it said.NVC president Millie Kilayko said their foundation “never intended to be big but simply wanted to focus on serving ...

A man drowned in Sagay City Sunday, September 25.*Sagay PNP photoA man drowned in the Himoga-an River at Brgy. Fabrica, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, September 25.The fatality was identified as Jojie Ayo, 33, of Eusebio Heights, Brgy. Paraiso in Sagay.Based on the police investigation, a witness saw the victim swimming in the shallow portion of the river, and did not surface after he sunk because of the heavy backpack he was seen carrying.When rescuers retrieved the Ayo’s body, there were no signs of struggle but noted that the victim smelled of intoxicating liquor, police said.He was rushed to Alfredo Marañon District Memorial Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.*