Kuan Yu to Defensor: It’s not you!

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – The spokesperson of the Estancia, Iloilo oil spill cleanup contractor clarified he was not referring to Gov. Arthur Defensor...

Ma, son nabbed for shabu

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A mother and her son were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Task...

Tandem bikers rob courier service employee

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – An employee of a courier service firm was robbed by riding-in-tandem motorcyclists on Valeria Street, City Proper. Allan Loredo,...

PNoy doubts Napoles

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Detained Janet Lim Napoles has been urged to finalize her affidavit on congressmen and senators allegedly involved in her...

Investigation on death of detainee’s newborn sought

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – The government has been urged to assess the condition of women detention facilities following the death of a political...

Power shortage in Visayas seenRotational brownouts across Negros loom

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — Electric cooperatives in Negros Occidental are preparing for a possible power shortage in the Visayas grid. Visayas may suffer from...

Ayalin a ‘high risk’ inmate at city jail

By MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — From the Silay City police station lockup cell, murder suspect Noel Ayalin was transferred to the Metro Bacolod District...

‘Bingo Milyonaryo legal’

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — Bingo Milyonaryo is legal, insisted an official of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Negros Occidental. The PCSO-sanctioned numbers game...

‘Negros can be renewable energy capital’

By EUGENE ADIONG LA CARLOTA City — The Department of Energy (DOE) believes Negros Occidental can become the “Renewable Energy Capital of the Philippines.” “With the...

Pasalamat, MassKara festivals in ‘Fiestas in the City’

By RAYMART ESCOPEL NEGROS Occidental is considered the “sweetest province” in Western Visayas for its thriving sugar industry. But more than being the region’s Sugar...