P136K ‘shabu’ seized

By Dominique Gabriel Bañaga BACOLOD City – Around P136,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized from a senior citizen in Ylagan-Endrina Interior, Barangay 5, San...
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2 suspects in Degamo slay have no criminal records — NOCPPO

By Dominique Gabriel Bañaga BACOLOD City – The two suspects from Negros Occidental implicated in the slaying of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo do not...

P70K ‘shabu’ seized in Antique town

ANTIQUE – Three suspects yielded an estimated P70,000 worth of suspected shabu in Barangay Badiang, San Jose de Buenaviata, Antique. Jeryl Mabuhay, 34, of Barangay...

Bacolod ‘pabahay’ to give 10K jobs

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Around 10,000 workers are expected to be employed with the implementation of the Asenso Yuhum Housing, a settlement for...
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Senator Marcos ‘studying’ proposed NIR

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Sen. Imee Marcos is studying the proposed reestablishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR). On March 6, the...
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Iloilo City to revitalize mental health program

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) is revitalizing its mental health and resilience project following...
Photo shows the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office conducting swine monitoring. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson appealed to Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to allow shipments of pork and pork products bound for Eastern Visayas to pass through Cebu. PROVINCIAL VETERINARY OFFICE - NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

‘Let East Visayas-bound pork pass’, NegOcc guv appeals to Cebu 

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson appeals to Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to allow shipments of pork and...
Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. was tagged in a series of killings in the province in 2019 and involvement in the shooting of his political rival, Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. He denied both the accusations for the 2019 killings and Degamo’s slay.

Teves’ request to extend travel authority rejected

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – House Speaker Martin Romualdez rejected the request of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves for an...
Sagay and Bago cities in Negros Occidental were recognized for their sustainable tourism development initiatives during the Green Destinations Story Awards at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse in Berlin, Germany. TOURISM PROMOTIONS BOARD PHILIPPINES

‘Green’ NegOcc cities get awards in Germany

BACOLOD City – The cities of Sagay and Bago in Negros Occidental were recognized for their sustainable tourism initiatives during the Green Destinations Story...
Photo shows the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique. The provincial hospital and seven other district hospitals were placed on code white alert for any emergency due to the oil spill. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE FACEBOOK

Antique hospitals on ‘code white’

ANTIQUE – The Antique Provincial Health Office (PHO) placed all district hospitals on code white alert in connection with the oil spill. Provincial Health Officer...