Students and teachers of Iloilo Central Elementary School return to their classrooms as School Year 2026-2027 opens on June 8, with the Department of Education – Region 6 pledging to strengthen education quality, expand partnerships, and ensure the successful implementation of the new three-term school calendar.

DepEd steps up haze precautions in WV schools

Iloilo Darlene Delgado -
ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) has intensified monitoring and precautionary measures in Western Visayas schools as haze continued to affect the...
A 72-year-old man was taken into custody by Bacolod City police following a buy-bust operation against the alleged illegal refilling and sale of petroleum products in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City, on August 31. Authorities seized LPG cylinders, butane canisters, refilling equipment and suspected proceeds from the operation. BOMBO RADYO BACOLOD PHOTO

Bacolod police crack down on illegal sale of petroleum products

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — A 72-year-old man was arrested and an estimated P90,000 worth of petroleum products and equipment were seized in a police operation...

Bacolod PESO tops 2025 NIR employment awards

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — The City Government of Bacolod’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) was named the 2025 Top-Performing PESO in the Negros Island Region...
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78-year-old farmer shot dead in Kabankalan

Region Cesar Jolito III -
BACOLOD City — A 78-year-old farmer was shot dead by an unidentified gunman while on his way home from his farm in Purok Narra, Barangay...
Manila Development Authority general manager Nicolas Torre III has voluntarily surrendered his vehicle captured on video traveling along the restricted EDSA Busway. The Land Transportation Office is now investigating the circumstances surrounding the vehicle’s use of the busway. Authorities have yet to establish whether the MMDA general manager was aboard at the time.

Torre faces ouster call over EDSA busway row

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena has called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to remove Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager Nicolas Torre...
A barangay health worker gives a boy his measles vaccine shot as part of the government’s mass vaccination campaign in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. PHOTO COURTESY OF RURAL HEALTH UNIT PAGALUNGAN

‘40-YEAR-OLD STRUGGLE’ | Gov’t urged: Pass Magna Carta for Barangay Health Workers

Nation Panay News -
MANILA — Barangay health workers (BHWs) urged the government to prioritize the passage of a law that would institutionalize their long-standing calls for fair...
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez has denied allegations linking him to the alleged flood control corruption scheme.

Cases vs Romualdez intact despite witness recantations – Remulla

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — The Ombudsman is pressing ahead with cases against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over the alleged flood control corruption scheme, with Ombudsman...
Commercial ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. The strait has effectively been closed since the start of the war in Iran. GETTY IMAGES

Saudi condemns Iranian attack on tanker that killed 2 Filipino sailors

World Panay News -
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia has condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned supertanker on Monday night that killed two Filipino...
Modified photo. Original by Thomas Vimare/Unsplash

World’s oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows

World Panay News -
BRUSSELS - The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El...
Photo courtesy of Scott Rodgerson/Unsplash

21 fugitives nabbed in WV in 24-hour operations

Metro Ruby P. Silubrico -
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) accounted for 21 fugitives during a series of intensified manhunt operations across Western Visayas over...
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