Bacolod allocates P10M for construction, renovation of CICL facilities

BACOLOD City – The city government allocated P10 million for the construction of the Youth Home and renovation of the Social Development Center (SDC). The...
Police Colonel Rogelio Abran Jr. (center), incoming acting director of the Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO), receives the APPO flag from outgoing director Colonel Alexander Mariano (right). Also in photo is Police Regional Office 6’s officer-in-charge Brigadier General Archival Macala (left).

Antique gets new police director

ILOILO City – The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) has a new acting director. A native of Laua-an town in Antique, Police Colonel Rogelio Abran...
Police Colonel Rogelio Abran Jr. (center), incoming acting director of the Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO), receives the APPO flag from outgoing director Colonel Alexander Mariano (right). Also in photo is Police Regional Office 6’s officer-in-charge Brigadier General Archival Macala (left).

Antique gets new police director

ILOILO City – The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) has a new acting director. A native of Laua-an town in Antique, Police Colonel Rogelio Abran...

Catholic bishops to hold 126th plenary assembly in Kalibo

AKLAN – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will hold its plenary assembly in Kalibo town on July 8 to 10. It...

Inflation for Guimaras’ low-income households drops to 5.1% – PSA

GUIMARAS – The overall inflation for the bottom 30% income households (HHs) in this province subsided to 5.1 percent in April 2023 from 6.4...
Kalibo mayor Juris Bautista Sucro (in white shirt, seated) imposed stricter curfew hours following the indiscriminate firing of sling bows. Photo shows the mayor with one of the victims (in green shirt, seated) during a press conference. KALIBO MAYOR JURIS SUCRO PHOTO

Kalibo imposes stricter curfew on minors after sling bow attack

AKLAN – Kalibo mayor Juris Bautista Sucro ordered the police, barangay public safety officers and tanods to strictly enforce the curfew for minors. Sucro issued...
Ten families in Purok Tindalo, Barangay 1, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental were ordered to evacuate over the weekend after a portion of a retaining wall along the Palampas River showed signs of a potential collapse. SAN CARLOS CDRRMO PHOTO

Return of displaced families in San Carlos still uncertain

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The return of 10 families to their respective houses in Purok Tindalo, Barangay 1, San Carlos City,...
A motor banca with 14 passengers experienced engine failure on Monday morning, May 15. They were rescued by the Caluya Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Philippine Coast Guard in open waters between Sibolo Island and Boracay Island. MDRRMO-CALUYA OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE PHOTO

Stranded motor banca rescued

ANTIQUE – A stranded motor banca carrying 14 passengers was rescued yesterday morning. The Caluya Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) received a...
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Police Station 8 is giving the family of Canadian national Ronald St. Jean a choice to claim his remains. He took his own life on May 12 after stabbing his wife to death. DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA/PN

Police contacts family of Canadian in murder-suicide

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Police Station 8 is trying to get in touch with the...
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12 nabbed for ‘cockfighting’

BACOLOD City – Twelve individuals ended up in local police stations for illegal cockfighting in in Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 13. The Bago City...