The City of Bago led by Mayor Nicholas M. Yulo supports this this year’s anti-firecracker campaign of the Department of Health (DOH) which carries the theme, “Iwas Paputok, Fireworks Display ang Patok! Makiisa Sa Fireworks Display sa inyong Lugar.”
Photo by Quino Yao during the Lights of Bago 2016.
An American national was found dead inside their room at their house in Purok Masinadyahon in Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City around 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Bago City police identified the victim as John Raymond Miller, 68, pensioner, of Arizona, USA and married to a Filipina for 12 years.
He was found lying on his bed and was rushed to Bago City Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
His wife told police authorities that her husband has long been suffering from high blood pressre, diabetes and spinal damage.
A riot among inmates erupted that caused the death of one inside the Negros Occidental Provincial Jail located at Barangay Tabunan, Bago City around 2:37 p.m. Sunday.
Senior Inspector Hercules Trigue, Deputy police chief of Bago City identified the victim as Nolan Debulgado Baldomar, 34, of Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City.
The victim was brought to Bago City Hospital but was declared dead on arrival by attending physician.
He sustained injury in the different parts of his body after he was mauled by his fellow inmates, according to police.
A 67-year-old jobless man suffering from illness committed suicide around 3:00 p.m. Sunday in his residence in Purok Masinadyahon, Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified the victim as Eduardo Villaruz, 67, single.
A witness, Reynaldo Villas Villaruz, 49, married, said he heard a gunshot and checked inside their house and saw the victim lying on his bed, holding a .38 caliber firearm with blood oozing from his head.
Three centenarians from Bago City availed of the centenarian gift of P100, 000 and a letter of felicitation from the President.
The beneficiary-centenarians of Bago City who were recently given the cash
gift of P100, 000 together with Bago City and DSWD Region VI officials.*
Two fires occurred early this week in Negros Occidental, one ate up a barangay hall in Bago City and another one razed two houses in Cadiz City Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
Fire the Barangay Hall of Barangay Tabunan in Bago City and residential house in Cadiz City Wednesday and Tuesday respectively.
In Bago, Barangay Tabunan Captain Maria May Claridad Suarez said that she was only informed by her barangay tanods and utility worker that a fire razed their barangay hall at around 6:30 in the morning.
A motorcycle back rider got killed and the other back rider and the driver were injured when they slammed into a van Saturday morning along the national highway in Crossing High School in Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City.
Sr. Insp. Hercules Trigue, Bago PNP Deputy police chief, identified the victim as Marvin Arangote Bercebal, 22, single, student of Bago City College and resident of Purok Roadside in Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City. He sustained head and body injures and died-on-the-spot.
The growing following for volleyball led various groups to bring popular teams in Manila to play in an exhibition game at STI-WNU Gymnasium this coming August 21, 2017 at 4:30pm. Carmela Arcolas Gamboa who led the organizing of the said games in the City says they will bring the Ateneo Lady Eagles and Banko Perlas Spikers in Bacolod.
Coach Carmela Arcolas-Gamboa says that the growth in following and interest
in volleyball had gone into a significant rise, Gamboa also added that there is
a need for a grassroots program to address cater to the growing involvement of
the kids with the sport.* (Owen Segovia Bayog/NDB photo)
Bago City was awarded first place in the Most Improved LGU category by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) during the unveiling of the Cities & Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) at the 5th Annual Regional Competitiveness Summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.
CMCI is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the NCC through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.
A teenager suffering from epilepsy (kuyap) was found dead by his father in a muddy part of a vacant lot in Purok Cosmos, Barangay Calumangan in Bago City, Sunday morning.
Bago PNP identified the victim as Jonard Ripaso Barioga, 18 of Purok Nipa in Barangay Busay, Bago.
His father Jonny Barolan Barioga, 39, married discovered his son lying on his belly with his head stuck in a muddy and watery portion in the place.
He found his son while walking in a vacant lot at the place. He told police that his son was suffering from epilepsy.* (Cyrus Garde)
A senior citizen was killed and four other passengers injured after they were bumped by a motorcycle around 5:30 p.m. Sunday along the highway in Purok Ilawod, Barangay Napoles, Bago City.
Police Senior Inspector Hercules Trigue, Deputy Police Chief of Bago City identified the victim as Mila Cahilig Jarqueo, 65, widow, of Purok Ilawod, Barangay Napoles, Bago City.
An overseer of a farm in Bago City, under the influence of liquor, was arrested in Purok Mabinuligon in Barangay Alianza early in the morning Saturday.
Bago policemen identified him as Angelo Villahermosa Peñas, 44, married, overseer of Purok Mabinuligon in the barangay.
He was arrested and was turned over to Bago police authorities for possessing one homemade .357 caliber revolver without ammunition and serial number.
Barangay tanods were able to disarm him at a wake, with the help of some residents.
A Ceres bus passenger died, while about 30 others including the passenger of a tricycle and the bus driver were injured in a triple collision along the accident-prone area of Araneta Highway in Barangay Taloc, Bago City at past 9 o’clock Saturday night.
Initial Bago Police Office report identified the fatality as April Rex Narciso Villegas, 24, single of Purok Elgar in Barangay Don Jorge Araneta in Bago.
The 3rd Provincial Management Conference of Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-PENRO) Negros Occidental was recently held at Sugarland Hotel, Bacolod City. Present were PENR Officer Edgardo M. Rostata and all Division Chiefs and Section Heads of PENRO Negros Occidental and CENROs of Bago, Cadiz and Kabankalan cities.
Officials and personnel from DENR Region 6, DENR-NIR, PENRO Negros Occidental and CENROs Bago, Cadiz and Kabankalan were in full force during the Monday morning program held at the PENRO Negros Occidental compound.
RD Jim O. Sampulna of DENR Region 6 accepting the Key of responsibilities,
authorities and accountabilities from RD of DENR-NIR Livino B. Duran.*
A fisherman stabbed and wounded a laborer in front of a gasoline station in Purok Malipayon in Barangay Alianza, Bago City around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Bago City police homicide investigator identified the victim as Henry Mendoza Peregrin, 43, married, laborer, of Purok Malipayun, Barangay Alianza, Bago City, Negros Occidental.
He sustained a stab wound on his left chest and was brought to Bago City Hospital, but was later transferred to Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.
A competitive sugar industry, and reducing the cost of production will be the thrust of newly-designated Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica.
SUGARY & SWEET CONCERNS. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol addresses sugar
industry concerns during the sugar industry stakeholders forum at the Sugar
Regulatory Administration – Bacolod Office last Friday. With him are (L-R)
Vice-Gov. Bong Lacson, Gov. Alfredo Marañon, Jr., Sugar Regulatory Administrator
Engr. Herminigildo Serafica, Sugar Board Member Atty. Roland Beltran,
Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Visayas Atty. Hansel Didulo and DA6 Regional
Director Remelyn Reloter. *(Butch Bacaoco photo)
A dead body was found inside the Abuanan Public Cemetery in Bago City around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday.
The NOPPSC 4th Maneuver Platoon in Barangay Dulao, Bago City informed the police through a text message.
Bago City PNP identified the victim as Aladin Tizon Fernandez, 51, single, of Purok Mainuswagon, Barangay Atipuluan, Bago City.
The victim was found at the top of a tomb on his back naked. He was believed to have mental disorder as claimed by his brother whose name was not disclosed, who was also at the scene when police arrived.
The family of a suicide victim is mulling on filing charges against his teacher at Ramon Torres National High School (RTNHS) for cyber bullying and for shaming him.
The family of Erichan Demafeliz, 15, a grade 8 student of Ramon Torres National High School in Bago City and resident of Purok Acacia, Barangay Napoles, Bago City is planning to charge the said unnamed teacher after the victim hanged himself in their house.
A murder suspect was arrested by elements of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-Bacolod) led by Chief Inspector Rey Cuanico in Purok Soledad, Barangay Dulao, Bago City around 4:55 p.m. Wednesday.
Cuanico identified the suspect as Ariel Balbona, 42, married, of the place.
Judge Francis Villena Guanzon, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch-62 in Bago City issued the arrest warrant dated July 13, 2017. No bail was recommended for his temporary liberty.
He was turned over to Bago City PNP where he was detained.*(CMG)