NIR’s top fugitives arrested in Negros Occidental
BACOLOD City — The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) arrested the region's No. 1 and No. 5 most wanted persons in separate manhunt...
3 drug suspects yield P1.56-M ‘shabu’ in Anilao buy-bust
ILOILO — Around 230 grams of suspected shabu approximately valued at P1,564,000 were seized from three suspects during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mostro,...
WV TEENS EXPOSED TO ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY; CPD-6 mobile app combats reproductive health knowledge gap...
ILOILO City — More than four in every 10 adolescents in Western Visayas have been exposed to online pornographic content, while a growing number...
Bacolod expands ASF surveillance with random hog testing in Taculing
BACOLOD City — The Bacolod City Government has intensified its campaign against African Swine Fever (ASF) by conducting random testing on backyard hog farms...
PBBM urges Sara to face Senate impeachment trial
MANILA — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio to personally face the Senate impeachment court, saying her direct testimony...
France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave
PARIS – France has said it recorded an increase of more than 2,000 deaths during the last week of a record-breaking European heatwave in...
BSP urges Ilonggos to save, budget for financial security amid economic uncertainties
ILOILO City — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is urging Ilonggos to make saving and budgeting a daily habit, emphasizing that financial discipline...
Defensor to Congress: Pass nationwide smoke-free, vape-free law now, local ordinances no longer enough
ILOILO — Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has urged Congress to immediately enact the proposed Smoke-Free and Vape-Free Environment Bill, warning that local smoke-free ordinances...
Barangays urged to set up temporary shelters for stray, rescued animals
ILOILO City — To improve the management of stray and rescued animals, the Sangguniang Panlungsod unanimously approved a resolution urging all 180 barangays in...
Encroachments threaten Miag-ao’s emerging eco-tourism destinations
ILOILO – The municipal government of Miag-ao is seeking greater authority from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop the proliferation...