Employees stand outside the Philippine International Convention Center after a bomb threat was sent to the National Privacy Commission’s Facebook page. The social media user was later arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation in Malinao, Aklan. ALI VICOY VIA MANILA BULLETIN PHOTO

Akeanon arrested for bomb joke

ILOILO City – A resident of Malinao, Aklan was arrested over a bomb joke on social media. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Malinao...

Cable theft suspect nabbed

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA  BACOLOD City – Another suspect in a string of cable theft incidents in this city was arrested. The 38-year-old Neil Celestre,...
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Antique vet cautions vs heat-induced hog stress

ANTIQUE – Hog raisers in the province are advised to keep their animals free from stress caused by extreme heat. Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil of...
Over 3,000 senior citizens of Patongon, Antique received their first-quarter-of-the-year social pension on May 12. MUNICIPALITY OF PATNONGON FACEBOOK

3,000 seniors get pension for 1st semester

ANTIQUE – Over 3,000 senior citizens from 36 barangays of Patnongon town received their social pension for the first semester of this year, or...

Teen shoots bro with ‘boga’

MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – A teenager allegedly shot his 43-year-old brother using a boga, or a hand-held PVC cannon. The 15-year-old boy was a resident of Barangay...
The Philippine Statistics Authority recently opened a Civil Registry System outlet in Antique province, the fourth of its kind in Region 6. PIA ANTIQUE PHOTO

PSA opens outlet in Antique

ANTIQUE – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently opened its Civil Registry System (CRS) outlet in this province, providing closer-to-home access to its services. The...

Road rage kills senior 

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – A sexagenarian succumbed to a fatal head injury in a road rage incident in Barangay Ardemil, Sara town on...
Health workers from Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental province visit geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas to inoculate children against measles-rubella and polio. The province leads in the implementation of the vaccination drive. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH-WV CHD PHOTO

NegOcc leads ‘Chikiting Ligtas’ vax drive in WV

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The province of Negros Occidental continues to lead in the implementation of the “Chikiting Ligtas” vaccination drive...

Drug pushing suspect nabbed in Arevalo

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A drug pushing suspect was arrested in Zone 6, Barangay Sto. Niño Norte, Arevalo district. John Kirry A. Dologmanding...

Man hacked to death

BACOLOD City – A 28-year-old man was repeatedly hacked to death in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Joerly Tumpag of Barangay Camalanda-an, Cauayan, was talking to his...