2,800 in Aklan to take civil service exam
AKLAN – Around 2,800 examinees in the province of Aklan will be taking the 2023 Career Service Examination—Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) on Sunday,...
Antique BFP inaugurates new station
ANTIQUE – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) inaugurated its newest fire station in Antique’s southernmost town of Anini-y.
"With the inauguration of the fire...
Motorcycle vs pickup: 1 dead
ANTIQUE – A 61-year-old man was declared dead upon arrival at the Ramon Maza Sr. Memorial District Hospital.
Motorcycle driver Cezar Obaldo died of head...
Negros labor group backs proposed P750 wage
BACOLOD City – The proposed P750 nationwide wage increase is supported by the Negros labor group General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA).
House Bill 7568,...
SRA head resigns due to poor health
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) head David John Thaddeus Alba stepped down from his post seven months after...
Man stabbed by passerby
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – A 19-year-old man was stabbed by a drunk passerby in Sitio Inayawan, Barangay De La Paz, Banate, Iloilo.
Victim Jerome...
Face-to-face Manggahan Festival returns
ILOILO – The Manggahan Festival of the island province of Guimaras is making a comeback this year with full-packed face-to-face festivities from May 19...
Roxas City mulls regulating ‘lambaklad’ fishing
ROXAS City – The city government is mulling to regulate the operation of lambaklad fishing.
Lambaklad is derived from the Kinaray-a words lambat which means...
Bacolod city hall workers in ‘hot water’ for ‘teleserye’
BACOLOD City – Some employees at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) were ordered to explain to the City Legal Office (CLO) why they...
Septuagenarian faces malversation raps
BACOLOD City – A 72-year-old man charged with malversation of public funds was arrested.
Francisco Grupe, a resident of Barangay 19 here, was served with...