DSWD pumps P1.8M into high-performing livelihood groups
By NELJOY N. GALIGAOILOILO City — Six high-performing grassroots livelihood groups in Western Visayas are getting fresh capital to transform their community-based enterprises into...
Bacolod SP seeks monthly telco, ISP inspections
BACOLOD City — The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is seeking monthly inspections of internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telcos) operating in the...
20 Bacolod barangays to receive EVs
BACOLOD City — Twenty barangays in Bacolod City are set to receive electric utility vehicles (EVs) worth more than P30 million in total national...
P136K worth of ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod
BACOLOD City — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized an estimated P136,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested two men in a drug...
60-year-old woman nabbed in Bacolod illegal gambling op
BACOLOD City — A 60-year-old woman was arrested during a police anti-illegal gambling operation in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City on September 15.
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Romualdez denies P7.44-billion plunder charge, moves for bail
MANILA — Former House Speaker and incumbent Leyte congressman Martin Romualdez formally denied allegations that he benefited from a P7.44-billion kickback scheme involving government...
Padilla ‘elated’ over DOJ subpoena in Dela Rosa escape investigation
MANILA — Sen. Robinhood Padilla has been ordered to answer an obstruction of justice complaint over the disappearance of Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa,...
Iloilo City Jail greyhound yields 35 mobile phones
ILOILO City – Jail authorities confiscated 35 cellular phones and other contraband during a greyhound operation at the Iloilo City District Jail–Male Dormitory yesterday...
Fire razes two Patnongon market stalls, causes P600K damage
ANTIQUE — A fire damaged a section of the Patnongon Public Market in Barangay Poblacion, Patnongon town, leaving an estimated P600,000 in property damage...
‘Tanod’ arrested in Dumangas drug sting; P476K shabu seized
ILOILO — Police arrested a barangay tanod classified as a high-value individual and seized approximately 70 grams of suspected shabu valued at P476,000 during...