DA officials charged before Ombudsman

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Four Department of Agriculture (DA) officials face criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly...

PNoy raises alarm over transnational crimes

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III urged the police heads of various Southeast Asian countries to ensure that organized criminal groups...

Alternative fuel vehicles pushed

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Bam Aquino is pushing to exempt manufacturers or importers of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) from the payment of excise...

Descallar in drug trade?

By CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City — Supt. Jefferson Descallar, spokesperson and Special Operation Group (SOG) chief of Bacolod City Police Office, denied his alleged...

Escalante crash kills policeman

By CYRUS M. GARDE ESCALANTE City — A policeman from Jimalalud, Negros Oriental, died when the motorcycle he was driving collided head-on into a tricycle...

Free call center training for Bacolodnons

By MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) and Panasiatic Call Centers will again embark on a call...

DENR ready for demolition — guv

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to demolish illegal structures at the Northern Negros Natural...

Jinggoy seeks Aklan Airport Authority

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada filed a bill seeking the creation of the Aklan Airport Authority. The airport entity shall manage and...

2 more eye Capiz gubernatorial post

By RALPH JOHN MIJARES ROXAS City — Aside from Vice Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II, two more political figures in Capiz may run for governor...

Maternal deaths in Iloilo still high

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO – Incidence of maternal death in this province is still one of the concerns that the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is...