More BSKE bets get show-cause orders from Comelec-NegOcc
BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a total of 125 show cause orders to candidates partaking in the barangay and...
Cops net P5-M ‘shabu’ in overnight ops
BY RUBY SILUBRICO & JEN BAYLON
ILOILO City – More or less 770 grams of shabu valued at P5.236 million were seized from three suspects tagged by...
Strict 24-hour border control in Antique to prevent ASF spread
ANTIQUE – A strict 24-hour border control is observed in this province to prevent the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF), confined in...
7 nabbed in Antique buy-busts
ANTIQUE – Joint forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) of Antique net seven drug suspects...
Bacolod holds info drive to curb teen pregnancy
BACOLOD City – The City Population Office (CPO) is conducting an intensive information and education campaign in schools and villages to reduce cases of teenage...
WV fires log P630-M in damages
BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) saw a substantial rise in fire incidents in Western Visayas — from 1,311 in 2022...
AFP to create bigger brigade in Visayas
ILOILO City – The Visayas island group may soon have another brigade combat team (BCT), bigger than the current brigades, which traditionally consist of around...
NegOcc proposes P5.4B budget for 2024
BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is proposing a P5,434,644,700 budget for 2024 — 5.66 percent higher than the P5.14 billion...
Bacolod City holds flu vax drive amid surge in cases
BACOLOD City – Due to a recent surge in influenza cases, the City Health Office (CHO) has commenced a vaccination campaign.
The Department of Health...
Garbage collector dies of electrocution
BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO – A garbage collector was believed to be a victim of accidental electrocution.
The 25-year-old Richard Alegre of Barangay Calaunan, Mandurriao, Iloilo City,...