Antique prepares food packs ahead of storm
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Antique has prepared 500 family food packs for those who would...
ICCC CHIEF AXED: Joe orders probe on city college ‘irregularities’
ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III relieved from her post Iloilo City Community College (ICCC) administrator Ma. Mathilde Treñas Octavio and ordered an...
Comelec sets new date for filing of COCs: Oct. 11-17
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) moved the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for next year’s midterm elections...
Buy-bust nets guns, suspected shabu
ILOILO City – In Barangay Tabuc Suba, Jaro district a buy-bust operation at the ancestral house of a former mayor in Agusan del Norte...
Bacolod ready for ‘Ompong’
BY MAE SINGUAY and RANIE AZUE
BACOLOD City – This city is “fully prepared” for the impact of typhoon “Ompong”, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said on...
Puyat: Complete island rehab December 2019 yet
IT WILL take more than a year to completely rehabilitate Boracay Island, Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Thursday.
The Oct. 26 event will only be...
ILOILO ON ‘BLUE ALERT’
ILOILO City – Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: “Mangkhut”) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Mayor Jose Espinosa III placed the operation centers...
Bacolod councilor punches colleague at session hall
BACOLOD City – Councilor Jesus Claudio “Kalaw” Puentevella punched fellow Councilor Dindo Ramos at the session hall inside the Bacolod City Government Center yesterday.
The...
PRO-6: Nothing unusual in police reshuffling
ILOILO City – There was nothing unusual in the recent reshuffling of police officers, according to the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6).
The revamp was...
Negros farmers oppose planned sugar import
BACOLOD City – Farmers in Negros Occidental opposed the proposed importation of sugar.
The government’s Economic Development Cluster (EDC) believed importing sugar would ease high...