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Pilferage causes internet outage in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – Due to massive pilferage of telephone companies’ (telcos) cable wires, some areas in this city experience internet outage since Wednesday, April...
The Philippine International Trading Corporation plans to buy an initial 150,000 metric tons (MT) of fertilizer this year from China at $470 per MT. DA PHOTO

P2-M ‘missing’ fertilizers?

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Provincial Legal Office (PLO) is investigating five personnel assigned at the Rice Processing Center (RPC) warehouse...

Santa Barbara’s No. 1 fugitive falls 

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The No. 1 most wanted person in the municipality of Santa Barbara was arrested at around 11:30 a.m. yesterday,...
Thirty-two-year-old pastor Rene Mombay Sellorin Jr., accused of acts of lasciviousness, was arrested in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo on April 11. PRO-6 PHOTO

Pastor charged with ‘lasciviousness’ nabbed

ILOILO – A 32-year-old pastor charged with three counts of acts of lasciviousness was arrested in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia town. Rene Mombay Sellorin Jr., a...

Woman nabbed for illegal sale of gasoline 

BY MAE SINGUAY AND DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Around 32 liters of petroleum products illegally sold were confiscated in San Enrique, Negros...

Motorcycle theft suspect falls

ROXAS City – A suspected motorcycle thief was arrested in Barangay Tiza here. The 21-year-old Ricky Matutis was a native of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro,...
Seventeen Antique police personnel undergo reception rites for their Basic Underwater Search, Rescue and Recovery Operations Course (BUSRROC) in San Jose de Buenavista town on Tuesday, April 11. ANTIQUE PPO PNP-PRO6 FACEBOOK PAGE

Antique cops take search and rescue course

ANTIQUE – Antique Police Provincial Office (PPO) policemen took the Basic Underwater Search, Rescue and Recovery Operations Course (BUSRROC) in San Jose de Buenavista...
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China-Kalibo direct flights to resume

AKLAN – Pre-pandemic direct flights from mainland China to the Kalibo International Airport will resume this April after three years of suspension. Beginning April 26,...

Elderly found dead

CAPIZ – A senior citizen was found dead in his house in Barangay Atiplo, Mambusao, Capiz, around 3:30 p.m. on April 10. Roberto Derla Dapetillo,...
REPOPULATE. Negros Occidental is poised to increase the production of disease-free hogs to help other provinces hit hard by the African swine fever (ASF). On May 10, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 1143, placing the entire country under a state of calamity for one year due to the ASF outbreak. PNA BACOLOD

NegOcc PVO blocked entry of P1.3-M pork during Holy Week

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – An estimated P1.3 million worth of pork and pork products were intercepted during the Holy Week by...