PRO-NIR debunks false reports of police casualties after Calatrava clash
BACOLOD City – The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has dismissed as false and misleading social media reports claiming that personnel of the...
Over P1.4-M ‘shabu’ recovered in Bacolod anti-drug operation
BACOLOD City – Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized more than P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a female...
ILLEGAL ADOPTIONS PERSIST IN WV, But no black market for baby-selling detected
ILOILO City — Western Visayas remains free of online or black-market baby-selling cases, according to child welfare authorities even as they continue to grapple...
June 18 declared special non-working holiday in Bacolod; traffic rerouting set for Charter Day...
BACOLOD City — Mayor Greg Gasataya reminded residents that June 18 is a special non-working holiday in Bacolod City in celebration of the city's...
9 senators bring Senate leadership dispute to SC
MANILA – Nine senators led by Alan Peter Cayetano have filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to nullify the June 3 Senate...
US, Iran agree deal to end war, open Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON – The United States and Iran have agreed to strike a deal to end their conflict, with US President Donald Trump saying the...
UNESCO-listed Miag-ao Church sustains quake damage
ILOILO — National government heritage agencies are set to inspect the iconic Miag-ao Church in southern Iloilo today, June 17, following damage caused by...
UNIFORMS THAT BUILD DREAMS: Sidewalk vendors in downtown Iloilo stitch together futures
BY THE time most of Iloilo City is just beginning to stir, rows of neatly folded school uniforms already line the sidewalks of the...
DepEd-6 cites nutrition, food safety concerns amid proliferation of vendors outside schools
ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 is encouraging learners to buy their meals and snacks from school canteens rather than...
WV inflation climbs to 6.8%; poor households hit hardest
ILOILO City – Inflation, or the rate at which prices of goods and services rise and erode consumers’ purchasing power, accelerated further in Western...