Man dies of electrocution
ILOILO City – A 27-year-old man was
electrocuted in Barangay Tagbac, Jaro district.
He was identified as Emmanuel Inventor
of Barangay Daan Banwa, Estancia, Iloilo
According...
3 nabbed for illegal gambling
ILOILO City – Police arrested three
persons engaging in illegal gambling in Barangay
Quintin Salas, Jaro district.
They were Mary Cris Sara, 29; Nrixo
Libo-on, 59; and...
Woman killed in road accident
BACOLOD City – Crossing the road turned
fatal for a woman in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occiedntal.
The 71-year-old Ofelia Baña died of head
and body injuries,...
‘Pusher’ falls in buy-bust
BACOLOD City – He allegedly sold illegal drugs.
The 47-year-old Oliver Hong was nabbed in a drug buy-bust operation in
Barangay 13, a police report...
4 nabbed for ‘illegal cockfighting’
BACOLOD City – Four persons were caught engaging in illegal
cockfighting in Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified them as Regie Narazo, 26; Agapito...
WVMC lab to start COVID-19 testing
ILOILO City – Two specialists from the
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Manila are here to
kick-start analyzing specimens taken from Ilonggos suspected of...
Cadiz hospital designated as COVID-19 center
BACOLOD City – In a move to centralize
efforts against coronavirus disease 2019, the provincial government of Negros
Occidental designated the Cadiz City District Hospital as...
Coronavirus cited for crime rate skid
ILOILO City – The coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) is believed to be a factor in the dramatic drop in crime rate
across Western Visayas – 62.31...
Veteran Capiz broadcaster dies of cardiac arrest
ROXAS City – A veteran broadcaster in
Capiz died after suffering a cardiac arrest in his sleep.
Noel Valentino, 61, was rushed to the
Capiz Doctors Hospital...
PECO DENOUNCES MORE ‘HARASSMENT’
ILOILO City – Amid the enhanced community
quarantine order here, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has cut off
the power at Panay Electric Co.’s...