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Man hurt in shooting

BACOLOD City – A resident was wounded in a shooting at a sugarcane field in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. Rodel Barona, 35, incurred...

Negros school holds online voters’ education

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) in Negros Occidental will conduct a virtual voters’ education program at...
These were the items recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Oct. 14. CDEU/BCPO

Bacolod police net ‘high-value’ target

BACOLOD City – Police arrested a “high-value” drug target in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago. Suspected shabu worth P346,800 was recovered from 36-year-old Willy...
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Big chunk of proposed P5.7-B budget in NegOcc to go to SPA

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – A big chunk of the proposed P5,719,337,346 budget for 2022 of the Negros Occidental provincial government will go...
Guimaras is an island province Western Visayas region. It is renowned for its natural landscape and pastoral farms. The province is the home of Manggahan Festival every May. PANAY NEWS FILE PHOTO

Intrazonal movement in Guimaras resumes

JORDAN, Guimaras – The provincial government of Guimaras lifted local border restrictions as the province is downgraded by the Department of Health (DOH) to...
No mandatory COVID-19 vaccination law yet

No need for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination law just yet

There is no need for a law to require Filipinos to get vaccinated against COVID-19 just yet as supplies have just started coming in...
Vegetable and fruit stalls in Iloilo City’s Jaro Big Market are bustling with customers on Thursday. Despite the declining coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the metropolis, the city government still enforces rigorous quarantine measures. Iloilo City will be under a general community quarantine starting tomorrow. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

TRAVEL SANS TEST, Iloilo City scraps RT-PCR, quarantine for fully vaxxed travelers

ILOILO City – As this southern city slides to a gentler quarantine starting Saturday, travel would be made easier. The metropolis is welcoming inbound travelers...
A security camera captures a motorcycle back rider shooting a man in Barangay 8, San Jose, Antique. STEPHEN LOUIE CHECA/PN

Antique brgy treasurer shot dead

BY STEPHEN LOUIE CHECA AND RUBY SILUBRICO SAN JOSE, Antique – Two masked motorcycle-riding gunmen shot to death a village treasurer in Barangay 8 here...
A health worker in Ilocos Norte province administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a resident. ILOCOS NORTE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

NegOcc won’t fund booster shots, Guv disappointed with vaxx orders

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will not set aside funds for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) booster shots,...
The world-renowned Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan opens to more tourists. PHOTO FROM MALAY BORACAY TOURISM OFFICE

DOT: Boracay opens doors to GCQ, MGCQ, NCR tourists

MANILA – Boracay Island is opening its doors to tourists of all ages from areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ and...