‘Tanod’ shot to death

Bacolod City – A tanod was shot to death in Barangay Efigenio Lizares, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Dennis Tribaco was a 49-year-old resident of Barangay Zone 10,...
The four-day Mango Eat-All-You-Can of this year’s Manggahan Festival kicked off on Friday, May 19. Participants can feast on unlimited mangoes for 30 minutes for only P150. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

‘Mango Eat-All-You-Can’ main attraction of Manggahan

GUIMARAS – Mango lovers trooped to the provincial capitol field yesterday to feast on unlimited mangoes as the famous Mango Eat-All-You-Can of the Manggahan...
Guimaras’ Gov. JC Rahman Nava led the groundbreaking for the White Copra and RBDO (Refined Bleached Deodorized Oil) Processing Center in Sapal, San Lorenzo town on Friday, May 19. He was joined by Provincial Agriculturist Alvin Nava, Assistant Secretary Vergilio Lazaga of the Cooperative Development Authority, Philippine Coconut Authority Regional manager Neil Melencio, Philmech director IV Dionisio G. Alvindia, and Guimaras Coconut Farmers Agri Cooperative chairman Johnny Galve, among others. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

Coconut oil processing facility to rise in Guimaras

GUIMARAS – The provincial government, together with various stakeholders, broke ground on a coconut processing facility in Sapal, San Lorenzo town yesterday. The P16-million White...

1 dead, 3 hurt in Janiuay brawl

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – Two groups of men figured in a brawl during a disco in Barangay Madong, Janiuay, Iloilo. The incident killed Rolando...

2 cops hurt in buy-bust shoot out

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Two police officers of the Moises Padilla Municipal Police Station (MPS) were wounded after a buy-bust operation...
A drug surrenderee and his pal were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Friday morning, May 19 in Oton, Iloilo. OTON MPS PHOTO

Fish vendors nabbed for drugs 

BY RUBY SILUBRICO & RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS  ILOILO – Two drug suspects were arrested around 10 a.m. on Friday, May 19, during a buy-bust operation...
A farmer from Sibalom, Antique is harvesting his first grains of the Golden Rice variety. The provincial government created an El Niño Task Force to mitigate the agricultural effects of the dry spell. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE FACEBOOK PHOTO

Antique creates El Niño Task Force

ANTIQUE – To mitigate the effects of the dry season, particularly on the agriculture sector, the Antique provincial government created an El Niño Task...

Three houses gutted in fire

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – Three houses caught fire in Barangay Poblacion 1, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo around 3 a.m. on Thursday, May 18. Two houses,...

Value local heritage, Negrense youth told

BACOLOD City – Young people in Negros Occidental are urged to preserve and protect their local heritage. In line with National Heritage Month this May,...

Aklan records 4 new COVID-19 deaths

AKLAN – Four people died from coronavirus disease (COVID)-related complications from May 1 to 14 in the province. Ibajay town reported two fatalities, while Nabas...