300 ARBs in southern Negros get Xmas treats
BACOLOD City – About 300 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and their families in Bago City, Negros Occidental were treated to a gift-giving surprise by...
Consumers warned vs ‘hot meat, double dead meat’
BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) reminded consumers to be mindful when buying meat products for the holidays.
Dr. Renante Decena,...
Over 2T passengers in Central Visayas stranded
CEBU City – More than 2,000 passengers are stranded in different areas of Central Visayas as tropical depression “Usman” keeps its strength while approaching...
Security plan for Ati-Atihan 2019 set
KALIBO, Aklan – The security plan for the 2019 Ati-Atihan Festival is already in place, according to Site Task Group Ati-Atihan.
The task force has...
Aklan starts ‘cracker injury surveillance
KALIBO, Aklan – The Provincial Health Office has activated its firecrackers and fireworks-related surveillance scheme days ahead of the New Year celebration.
Provincial Health Officer...
‘Give exact change this holiday season’
SAN JOSE, Antique – Business establishments in the province were reminded to strictly follow Republic Act 10909, or the No Shortchanging Act of 2016,...
Unattended candle starts house fire in Roxas
ROXAS City – An unattended lighted candle almost burned down a house in this capital city.
Fire hit the house owned by couple Ricky and...
‘Lift ban on Boracay fireworks display’
BORACAY – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Malay, Aklan has asked the national government to allow fireworks display in this famed island resort to...
Bacolod, Bago to hold community fireworks shows
BACOLOD City – Local government units in Negros Occidental, particularly the cities of Bacolod and Bago, will hold community fireworks displays to welcome the...
Antique Christmas celeb ‘generally peaceful’
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Christmas celebration in Antique has been “generally peaceful” – with no crime-related incident reported since midnight on Monday (Christmas...