New BTAO head named; city administrator quits

BACOLOD City – Amid allegations of corruption within the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO), a new officer-in-charge (OIC) has been designated. In Memorandum No. 016,...
Two drug suspects yield nearly P2 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Jardin, Dumangas, on Wednesday morning, Nov. 1. PRO-6 PHOTO

Nearly P2-M ‘shabu’ seized in Dumangas

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO – Joint elements from the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 6(RPDEU-6) and the Dumangas Municipal Police Station - Drug Enforcement Team...
Photo courtesy of PCG

PCG continues search for Ilonggo ferry jumper

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is continuing its search and rescue operation for a man who jumped overboard from a...
A losing candidate for barangay captain in Lambunao, Iloilo is suspected of strafing his opponent on Monday night, Oct. 30. Local police are investigating the scene and checking for spent shells. JANICE RABADON/FB

Reelected ‘kap’ survives ambush

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO – The reelected barangay captain of Pajo, Lambunao, was ambushed on the night of the elections, Oct. 30. The suspect was...
Teresita “Dayco” Enario Sinceda. PIA PHOTO

Ati leader sits as NegOcc town council rep

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – The municipality of Isabela will go down in history as one of the staunchest advocates for the rights and welfare of...

DILG: Mandatory training for SK

BACOLOD City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in this city requires all Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) winners in the recently concluded barangay...
Bacolod City mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez inspects the Handumanan Public Cemetery on Sunday, March 19. Among the problems he observed was that part of the cemetery became a disposal site for medical waste. ALBEE BENITEZ FACEBOOK PHOTO

Cops set guidelines in Bacolod cemeteries

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Guidelines and protocols have been set by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to ensure the safe observance of this year’s...

Man challenges cops’ arrest report

ILOILO City – A 47-year-old man was arrested on Monday outside the polling center of Barangay Sua in San Dionisio, Iloilo province for carrying...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday received reports of alleged vote-buying from various parts Negros Occidental. In the photo, voters wait in line outside a polling precinct at Apolinario Mabini Elementary School in the capital city of Bacolod. DGBAÑAGA/WATCHMEN DAILY JOURNAL

Comelec-NegOcc receives reports of vote-buying, one arrest confirmed

BACOLOD City – Just a few hours after poll precincts opened yesterday morning for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), the Commission on...
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Lemery to hold post-BSKE clean-up drive

ILOILO – To ensure that no campaign materials and other election paraphernalia contribute to pollution, the local government unit of Lemery in Iloilo Province will...