Cloud-seeding operations are underway in the Negros Island Region as sugar producers seek to ease the effects of prolonged dry conditions on sugarcane plantations and help curb the spread of the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI). UNIFED PHOTO

SRA conducts cloud seeding as Negros braces for dry spell

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has started cloud-seeding operations in the Negros Island Region (NIR) and Panay Island as Negros Occidental...
Photo courtesy of Scott Rodgerson/Unsplash

14-year-old killed, another hurt in Ilog motorcycle crash

Region Mae Singuay -
BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — A 14-year-old boy was killed while another 14-year-old was injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a...

LTO-NIR cracks down on colorum operations

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City — The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) intensified its campaign against colorum vehicles and unauthorized public transport operations following the apprehension...
Lawyer Karen Batu, Officer-in-Charge of the Records Division of the Office of the Ombudsman, takes her oath as witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Sara’s net worth rises by P91M in 18 years

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s declared net worth surged by more than P91 million over 18 years, reaching P98.6 million in 2025 from...
This is a mugshot of former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government. He faces a P7.2-billion plunder charge related to flood control projects. DILG

Romualdez transferred to QC jail infirmary ahead of plunder case arraignment

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — Former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is now detained at the Quezon City Jail infirmary after a court ruled that his medical...
Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda. Photo courtesy of Joann Villanueva/PNA

Feb. 14, 2027 mulled for PH’s first rocket launch

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — The Philippines is preparing to conduct its first-ever sounding rocket launch in Cagayan in February 2027, a landmark mission aimed at testing...
A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency K9 team inspects a dormitory area under the supervision of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Region 6 officers led by regional director Jail Chief Supt. Elena B. Rocamora. The joint greyhound operation at the Iloilo District Jail Male Dormitory and its annex targeted illegal contraband to strengthen jail security and ensure a safe environment for both personnel and inmates. BJMP REGION 6 PHOTO

Illegal drugs, paraphernalia seized in joint jail raid in Pototan

Metro Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — Alleged illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia were recovered during a joint greyhound operation at two jail facilities in Barangay Nanga, Pototan,...
Authorities apprehended three suspects and seized 11 plastic sachets of suspected shabu following a buy-bust operation at an alleged drug den in Barangay Tanque, Roxas City on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. PHOTO COURTESY OF DYVR RMN ROXAS 657 KHZ/FACEBOOK

Drug den busted in Roxas City; 3 nabbed

Metro Panay News -
CAPIZ – A suspected drug den operating in Barangay Tanque, Roxas City was dismantled yesterday morning, September 15, leading to the arrest of three...

Two Pototan fugitives fall

Metro Panay News -
ILOILO – Police tracker teams arrested two of Pototan’s most wanted persons, both facing rape charges, in separate manhunt operations executed within less than...
Energy Secretary Sharon Garin states that while temporary measures like power barges and battery storage facilities could ease grid alerts starting next month, complete stability for the Visayas grid will take until 2028 when long-term power plant projects are completed. This aerial view along the Iloilo Circumferential Road 1 toward the Hibaoan Flyover in Pavia, Iloilo shows growing commercial and residential communities — areas among those continuously impacted by ongoing rotational brownouts and power supply shortages across Panay Island. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO PHOTO

NO INSTANT FIX TO POWER WOES; Garin: Red, yellow alerts may ease next month...

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO City – The Visayas may have to endure power supply shortages and recurring grid alerts for another two years, with Energy Secretary Sharon...
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