Antique governor Rhodora Cadiao wants to hasten the release of job order (JO) workers’ salaries. Cadiao said that fast-tracking the release of their salaries would entail streamlining the signatories in the processing of JOs’ documents. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Speed up release of job hires’ salaries – Antique guv

SAN JOSE, Antique – Governor Rhodora Cadiao is working closely with the offices of Human Resource and Management, Treasurer, Accounting, and Budget under the provincial...
Police seized these weapons from 53-year-old Hilarion Combong in Barangay Buhang, Hamtic, Antique on Friday, July 5. STEPHEN LOUIE CHECA/PN

Hamtic house raid yields high-powered guns, ammos

SAN JOSE, Antique – A cache of high-powered firearms and assorted ammunitions were seized in a house raid in Barangay Buhang, Hamtic, Antique. The suspect was...

‘Pusher’ caught in Kalibo drug bust

KALIBO, Aklan – Police arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay New Buswang in this capital town. Two sachets of suspected shabu were recovered...

NegOcc labor group welcomes refiling of 14th month pay bill

BACOLOD City – The General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA) based in Negros Occidental welcomed the measure seeking anew the provision of 14th month...
The local government unit of Culasi in Antique is pushing for the declaration of the town “in state of calamity.” Four dengue deaths have placed the town in a critical situation, according to the Integrated Provincial Health Office.

Antique town mulls state of calamity due to dengue

SAN JOSE, Antique – To combat the dengue outbreak, the municipality of Culasi in Antique is pushing for the declaration of the town “in state...
Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) and Provincial Supervising Tourism Operations Officer Cristine Mansinares (3rd from left) meet with the team from the Czech Republic led by Tourism Authority Director Michal Prochaázka (left) at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on July 2. The group held a product updating and tourism business exchange during their visit. NEGROS OCCIDENTAL CAPITOL PIO

NegOcc tightens tourism ties with Czech Republic

BACOLOD City –The province of Negros Occidental tightens its tourism ties with public and private stakeholders of Czech Republic through a business exchange. Provincial supervising tourism...

2 Bacolod suspects fall, yield 50 grams ‘shabu’

BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu weighing about 50 grams was recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mandalagan. Antidrug authorities identified the suspects as Benjur Cawaling...
This karinderia in Aklan’s capital town Kalibo sells mosquito repellants. The Department of Trade and Industry is warning consumers in Aklan against fake mosquito repellent products proliferating in the province. JUN AGUIRRE/PN

Consumers warned vs fake mosquito repellants

KALIBO, Aklan – Consumers are warned of fake mosquito repellent products proliferating in Aklan markets. Department of Trade and Industry provincial director Carmen Iturralde on Thursday said...

3 men nabbed for avenging stabbed pal

SAN JOSE, Antique – Three men landed in jail after retaliating for a friend who got stabbed in Barangay Funda-Dalipe here. The 21-year-old Tereso Umadhay, 18-year-old...

NegOcc crime volume down 7.4% – Nocppo

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) recorded a 7.4-percent decrease in the province’s crime volume in the first six months of...