Tag: Negros Occidental news

Jul162025 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Good vibes: Mga mangingisda sa Himamaylan nagbaton sang mga fishing boats halin sa NVCMga mangingisda sa Himamaylan City nagbaton sang fishing boats halin sa isa ka non government organization.Duha sa sini nga mga baruto nga ginahatag bilang pagdumdom sa kaadlawan sang mga kabataan, duha man ang sa pagdumdom sa nagtaliwan kag ang isa para sa prinsesa sang pamilya…Ini ang mga baruto sang Negros Volunteers for Change.Isa ka non government organization nga naka base sa Bacolod City nga nagatuyo nga maghatag sang gahum sa ordinaryo ng pumuluyo.Mga mangingisda ang nagbaton sini.Sang kahapon, Martes, 5 ka mga motorized nga fiberglass nga bangka ang ginpanagtag sa mga mangingisda sa bulig ni Vice Mayor Justin Gatuslao.Ginkuha niya pa ini sa Sagay City kag gindala sa Hi...

Jul162025 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

May posibilidad sang malala nga pagbaha sa masunod nga inadlaw sa Neg Occ suno sa PAGASA

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https://youtu.be/_mmigAiHyhI?si=6QY18L9dyOnPdzQoSuspendido na ang klase sa banwa sang Hinoba-an.Ini ang gin anunsyo ni Mayor Daph Reliquias sini nga aga bangud sang maulanon nga panahon.Mabunok nga ulan ang na eksperyensya ang banwa kaina sang aga.Si Mayor Raymund Tongson sang Himamaylan City nag anunsyo naman nga wala sang klase sa bwas, July 17 sa tanan nga levels.Ang banwa sang Binalbagan ang nag nagdeklarar nga wala man sang klase sa bwas kag sa Biyernes.Sa weather update sang PAGASA, as of 2pm kaina, ang Bagyo nga Crising sa sulod sang Philippne area of Responsibility ang yara na sa 650 km east sang Virac Catanduanes.Magluwas sa hangin nga dala sang bagyo balantayan suno sa PAGASA ang ulan nga dala naman sang Habagat.Humalin subong nga adlaw tubtob bwa...

Jul162025 by Shiela Gelera-BragaNo Comments

5 ka tuig nga bata sa Himamaylan nalumos sa bubon

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Nasapwan na lamang nga nagalutaw kag wala na sang kabuhi sa bubon ang 5 ka tuig nga bata nga lalaki sa Barangay Suay, Himamaylan City sang Martes sang gab-i.Ginpangita sang amay ang bata kag sa iya paglili sa bubon malapit sa ila puluy-an, didto kag nakit-an niya ang bangkay sang biktima nga nagakulob.Ginhingagaw kuha sang amay ang iya bata sa bubon kag gindala sa Governor Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial Hospital kon sa diin gindeklarar ang biktima nga dead on arrival.Ulihi nga nakit-an ang biktima nga nahampang malapit sa bubon, Martes sang ugto, ukon anum ka oras antis siya nga nasapwan.Nag-request na ang Himamaylan Police sang post-mortem examination sa bangkay sang biktima.

Jul152025 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

3 ka Prov’l Vet employees nga gina-usisa nag-resign

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Tatlo ka mga empleyado sang Provincial Veterinary Office nga damlag pa gin-usisa matapos nga gin-reklamo nga nga nagabaton sang bayad para mapadasig ang release sang permits ang nag-resign.Ini suno kay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson nga nagpahayag man nga iya ginbaton kag ginlagdaan ang ila nga resignation kahapon, Lunes nga adlaw.Tubtob na lamang sila sa bulan sang Agosto. Bangud sini indi na magpadayon pa ang pagpangusisa sa ila. Wala na ginpatpat pa sang gobernador ang kaundan sang ila nga resignation letter, pero, suno sa iya, ila ginsiling nga “sorry” sila sa natabo.“We will not continue to investigate… they resigned, but I can say this, they were sorry for what happened”, suno kay Lacson.Ginpapanaugan sadto sang Provi...

Jul72025 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Probinsya maga ilis sang bag-o nga service provider sa dialysis center sa La Carlota

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Probinsya ang maga pahamtang sang bag-o nga filtration system sa dialysis center sini sa Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital sa La Carlota City. Temporaryo nga nagsira ang dialysis center sa La Carlota sumugod sang nagligad nga semana.Suno kay Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson maga ilis sang bag-o nga service provider ang probinsya kag maga lawig sang indi magnubo sa duha ka semana kag ma human ang tanan.Pila ka mga pasyente ang nabalaka sadtong Hulyo 1 sang magsira ang hemodialysis center sang probinsya sa La Carlota City.Isa sa mga napautwas sang mga apektado nga pasyente amo nga wala sadto sang paathag bahin sa pagsira kag kun san-o magabukas.Mabudlay suno sa ila ang pag saylo naman sa lain nga dialysis center.Ginsiling sadto ni Provincial Admini...

Jan112023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Life saving instructor dies while scuba diving in Sipalay

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Henry Aguillon in a photo posted on social media by his friends.*A member of the Philippine Life Saving Society (PLS) drowned while scuba diving in the waters of Brgy. 4, Sipalay City in Negros Occidental, Tuesday afternoon, January 10.Henry Aguillon, 57, of Himamaylan City suffered from cardiac arrest that is believed to have caused his drowning, Danilo Bogtae, Sipalay Emergency Assistance and Rescue Services head, said Wednesday.He was scuba diving with four other PLS members when the incident occurred, Bogtae said.Aguillon was a co-founder of the Negros Rescue Federation and the SPEARS (Special Personnel for Emergency Assistance and Rescue Services), and a former self defense and water safety and basic life support instructor.*

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No word from Pamitan yet on resignation, Lacson says

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he has not heard from PCol. Leo Pamitan yet*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Monday, January 9, said they support the call of Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for police colonels and generals to file their courtesy resignations in an effort to help purge the Philippine National Police (PNP) of cops involved in the illegal drug trade.Lacson said PCol. Leo Pamitan, Negros Occidental police director, has not informed him yet if he has tendered his courtesy resignation.“I also want to talk to him to ask if he already submitted his courtesy resignation,” he said.Lacson said Pamitan should follow the call of his superiors.He said the call of Abalos for the courtesy re...

Dec232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

3 children who were typhoon victims die in San Carlos fire

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San Carlos PNP photoThree children died in a fire that destroyed 12 houses in Sitio Trozo, Brgy. Buluangan, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, four days before Christmas.They were victims of Typhoon “Odette” and were using candles to illuminate their homes since power has yet to be restored in their community, FO2 Neil Bantillo of the San Carlos Fire Station said on Wednesday.Killed in the fire were siblings Erly John, 6, and Chisca, 3, children of Ann Sombise, and their cousin Rose Jane, 9, daughter of Mary Rose Sombise who lives in Guihulngan City, San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said.Their mothers are twins.Bantillo said the fire that started at the Sombise house, which was made of light materials, was believed to have been caus...

Dec232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Island typhoon deaths 114; Occidental sets P50M to aid victims

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The death toll from Typhoon Odette in Negros Island has hit 114.Negros Oriental reported 74 deaths and Negros Occidental has 40.There were also 100 injured in Negros Occidental and 11 are still missing Zeaphard Caelian, Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) head, said Wednesday, December 22.Of the 40 deaths in Negros Occidental, Sipalay City had 17, Kabankalan City - 11, Moises Padilla - 3, Candoni - 2, and Binalbagan, Cauayan, Ilog, Isabela, La Carlota City, Manapla and San Carlos City – 1 each, he said.However, Mayor Pedro Zayco on Tuesday reported 14 typhoon-related deaths in Kabankalan City.Of the 11 missing, Caelian said Sipalay had 7, Kabankalan - 3 and Candoni - 1.The typhoon also destroyed 42,432 houses and damaged 158,832 in Negros Occiden...

Dec232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Migz to help hasten power restoration in south, landowners delaying repairs

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Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, right, meets with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Board Member Jose Benito Alonso (l-r) Wednesday, December 22, to discuss how he can further help the province following Typhoon Odette.*CPG photoIt will be a Christmas without homes, power and water for many victims of Typhoon “Odette” in southern Negros Occidental.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he requested, in the presence of President Rodrigo Duterte Monday, for manpower to help the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative restore power in the southern part of the province.Power needs to be restored because there is very poor quality of water right now in the south, and communication is affected, Lacson said Wednesday, December 22.Kabankalan Mayor Pedro Zayco said if...