The use of videoke and sound amplifying devices beyond 10 p.m. and without permit is prohibited in Guimaras Province. ABS-CBN PHOTO

Guimaras penalizes noisemakers

ILOILO City – The provincial government of Guimaras is going after noisemakers that cause public disturbance. The recently-approved Ordinance No. 2023-04 regulates the use of...

NegOcc Comelec preps for Oct. 30 polls

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental is stepping up its preparations for the Oct. 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan...

Mentally-ill man shot dead

BY RUBY SILUBRICO & JENNY ROSE TOLEDO ILOILO City – A 44-year-old man running amok was shot dead in Barangay Bonbon, Lambunao, Iloilo on Thursday...

Hamtic resident shot dead

ANTIQUE – A resident of Barangay Masanag, Hamtic town was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Simon “Kapid” Managuit, 40, was found near his house around...
Percentage distribution of palay production in Western Visayas by province in the second quarter of 2023. The region’s total palay production decreased by 3.82 percent compared to the same period last year. PSA

W. Visayas Q2 palay production down 3.82 %

ILOILO – Western Visayas’ total palay production in the second quarter of 2023 was estimated at 129,475.94 metric tons (MT) — 3.82 percent or...
A drug suspect from Sibalom, Antique was nabbed in a buy-bust operation yesterday morning, Sept. 14. BRIGADA SAN JOSE - ANTIQUE

Sibalom resident yields ‘shabu’

ANTIQUE – A drug suspect fell in a buy-bust operation in Barangay District 1, Sibalom around 9:30 a.m. yesterday, Sept. 14. The 39-year-old Jocel Opao...
After five days of lockdown for disinfection against coronavirus disease 2019, the Negros Occidental provincial capitol resumed operations on Monday. WWW.NEGROS-OCC.GOV.PH

NegOcc capitol OKs CNA for employees

BACOLOD City – Regular and casual employees may have another good holiday after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental on Tuesday approved the new...
BORIO. PN FILE PHOTO

685 cops in W. Visayas reassigned

ILOILO City – Some 685 police officers assigned at the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) were reassigned to other areas in preparation for the...

PRO-6 nets 68 drug suspects in weeklong ops

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 68 drug suspects in a weeklong operation dubbed “Birada Semana.” “Four ang focus naton – illegal...
Aerial view of the aftermath of an early morning fire that displaced over a hundred residents of Sitio Dacutan Dacu, Barangay Mambulac in Silay City, Negros Occidental yesterday, Sept. 14. MAYOR JOEDITH C. GALLEGO PHOTO

Fire displaces 35 Silay City families 

BACOLOD City – At least 35 families, or 114 individuals, were displaced by a blaze that hit Sitio Dacutan Dacu, Barangay Mambulac in Silay...