Cell phone store robbed

BACOLOD City – More than P280,000 worth of items and cash from a cell phone store were lost to robbers in Barangay Zone 3,...
Guimaras is an island province Western Visayas region. It is renowned for its natural landscape and pastoral farms. The province is the home of Manggahan Festival every May. PANAY NEWS FILE PHOTO

Guimaras to hold Eco-Bazaar

GUIMARAS – To bring the famous Guimaras mango closer to the Ilonggos, the provincial government will hold Eco-Bazaar 2023 at Robinsons Place (Main) in...

Leptos claims 5 lives in Capiz

CAPIZ – Leptospirosis claimed five lives in this province since January this year, data from the Capiz Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed. The PHO logged...

Man hacks bro to death

BACOLOD City – A man was hacked dead by his elder brother. Victim Jaime A. Javier, 46, of Barangay Paitan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, succumbed...
The Philippine Army releases this photo of the alleged New People's Army hitman and suspect in three murder cases. The reward was raised from to P900,000 on Thursday, April 7. 79TH INFANTRY BATTALION PHOTO

P900K reward for arrest of ‘rebel hitman’

BACOLOD City – With the reward raised to P900,000 from the initial P500,000, the Philippine Army is hopeful of catching alleged New People’s Army...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Iloilo personnel manage lines of sea passengers going to Guimaras on Good Friday, April 7, at the Parola wharf in Iloilo City. PCG-Western Visayas recorded over 1.8 million inbound and outbound sea passengers from April 2 until 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 9. CGS ILOILO FACEBOOK PHOTO

WV records over 900K Holy Week sea passengers

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas recorded over 900,000 sea passengers from April 2 until 6 p.m....
COCHING. ELLEN MCGREGOR KORTAN FACEBOOK PHOTO

Missing Aeta chief in Boracay found

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS AKLAN – Three days after his fishing boat was hit by a hotel speedboat and capsized, the missing Malay Ati Tribal...
Roxas City’s Mayor Ronnie Dadivas says there is a need to activate the Task Force Sagip Bata to resolve the issues and concerns regarding street children in the city. RONNIE DADIVAS/FB

Dadivas is WV’s No. 2 performing mayor

CAPIZ – Mayor Ronnie Dadivas of Roxas City is the No. 2 performing city mayor in Western Visayas (WV), based on the performance survey...
Panay River Basin Upstream. Photo courtesy of DENR

Drunk man drowns in Panay River

CAPIZ – A man drowned at the Panay River in Barangay Garcia, Tapaz, here. Elmer Cayetano, 37, was a resident of Sitio Arisgal, Barangay Cristina,...

Lad drowns on Good Friday

ILOILO – A 19-year-old lad drowned in Barangay Sagcup, Lambunao town around 12:42 p.m. on Good Friday, April 7. John Kenneth Segura, a resident of...