City residents demand action on brownouts

ILOILO City – Mayor Raisa Treñas has assured residents that the city government is working with energy-sector stakeholders to address persistent power interruptions, as...
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2 Bacolod City Hall employees ordered to explain alleged irregularities

BACOLOD City — Two regular employees of the Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) have been ordered to explain alleged irregularities that could...
Personnel of the Toboso Primary Health Care Facility examined the body of an infant found wrapped in cloth and placed inside a rice sack in Sitio Maaswa, Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental, on September 3. PRO-NIR PHOTO

Infant found dead in rice sack in Toboso

BACOLOD City — A dead infant was discovered inside a rice sack in Sitio Maaswa, Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental, on September 3. The...

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun at house in Calatrava

BACOLOD City — A 42-year-old man was arrested after allegedly firing several shots from a .45-caliber handgun toward a house in Sitio Melo, Barangay...

Bacolod eyes P5-B annual budget for 2027

BACOLOD City — The City Government of Bacolod is eyeing a P5-billion annual budget for 2027, about P300 million higher than the city’s current...
There appears to be a “systemic blueprint” for bid manipulation within the Department of Public Works and Highways, says Batangas 1st District’s Cong. Leandro Legarda Leviste. He has accused a party-list lawmaker of “pre-ordering” billions of pesos’ worth of DPWH projects months before the 2025 national budget was approved.

NBI eyes trafficking case vs Leviste over alleged ‘honey trap’

MANILA — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is preparing qualified human trafficking complaints against Batangas 1st District’s Cong. Leandro Leviste and six others...
“To date, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio has not reported to the Philippine National Police any threat to her life or to the safety of her family, including the threats she said date back to 2023,” says Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., chief of the national police.

PNP: No verified threat vs Sara, family

MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has found no verified threat against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio or her family, saying she has also...
Organizers, trainers and education officials gather during the “Fonts and Layouts: The Reborn” journalism seminar-workshop in Iloilo City. The activity, organized by the Division of Iloilo Association of School Paper Advisers, Trainers and Campus Journalists, Inc. in partnership with the Regional Association of School Paper Advisers Inc., sought to strengthen publication standards and nurture competent and ethical young journalists.

Schools Division of Iloilo elevates publication standards through ‘Fonts and Layouts: The Reborn’

ILOILO City – More than 600 campus journalists and school paper advisers from the Schools Division of Iloilo gathered for a two-day journalism seminar-workshop...

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa’s true size

NEW YORK -- The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the...

US hits Iran oil tankers after warships targeted

TEHRAN – The United States military says it has hit three Iran-linked oil tankers after ballistic missiles were launched towards two of its warships...