3,950 Guimarasnons to avail emergency employment
GUIMARAS – Nearly 4,000 residents in this province could avail of emergency employment through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of...
MARINA relaxes Guimaras trip schedules
GUIMARAS – Heeding the complaints of passengers, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Region 6 relaxed the schedule of sea trips from Parola wharf in...
5 busted, over P500K ‘shabu’ seized in NegOcc
BACOLOD City – Five drug suspects were arrested and more than P500,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in two separate buy-bust operations in...
Albee OKs proposed CENECO joint venture
BACOLOD City – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez favors a possible joint venture that could improve Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s (CENECO) service.
Benitez said, "If it...
Clash erupts between Army, rebels in Himamaylan
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Yesterday in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) and the New People's...
In line with Women’s Month, San Jose employees, officials to wear purple
ANTIQUE – To celebrate National Women's Month, employees and officials of the local government unit (LGU) of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, would be...
Guimaras culminates Oral Health Month
GUIMARAS – This year’s celebration of National Oral Health Month of the Guimaras provincial government through its Provincial Health Office was a success.
With the...
3 jailed for ‘stealing’ chickens
BACOLOD City – Three employees were facing theft charges for allegedly stealing dressed chickens inside a supermarket on Mabini Highway, Barangay Zone 12, Talisay...
Man electrocuted in Calatrava
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA & MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A man was accidentally electrocuted in Sitio Paraiso, Barangay Refugio, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
The 48-year-old...
SRA urged to step up ops vs illicit sugar, smugglers
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is being urged by sugar planters to initiate seizure proceedings on the...