Mayor Ronnie Dadivas paid the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of Tapaz, Capiz a visit recently. Roxas City plans to establish its own EOC. RONNIE DADIVAS FACEBOOK

Roxas City eyes emergency operations center

ROXAS City – The city government is eyeing to establish an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) which will serve as a central command and control...
Dengue carriers are day-biting mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti) that breed in clean, stagnant water. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

NegOcc dengue cases at 148

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The province of Negros Occidental so far logged 148 dengue cases since the start of the year,...

‘Shabu’, gun, grenade seized from fish vendor

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – A fish vendor was arrested in a drug bust operation in Barangay Tacbuyan, Estancia around 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Suspect...

Drug suspect yields P170K ‘shabu’

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A drug suspect yielded P170,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Yulo Drive, Arevalo...

Reversing truck crushes sleeping man under

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A 29-year-old man sleeping underneath a 10-wheeler truck was accidentally crushed by the vehicle in Sitio Ambacan,...
Nearly P676,000 of pork and poultry products were seized from various ports and checkpoints in Negros Occidental in January, according to the Provincial Veterinary Office. NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PVO

P676K pork, poultry products seized from NegOcc ports, checkpoints

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – About P676,000 worth of pork and poultry products from various ports and checkpoints in Negros Occidental were...
Espino (left); Maghari (right). Mae Singuay/PN

Councilor blasts memos from city administrator

BACOLOD City – A city council member in this city got irked by the memoranda received by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) from the office...

CHR to probe Kabankalan clash

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Occidental will investigate the encounter between the Philippine Army’s...
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Road collision injures 2

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – Two persons were injured in a road collision in Barangay Mali-ao, Pavia, Iloilo, at around 7:20 a.m. yesterday, Feb....
During the 28th regular session of the 19th Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Feb. 6, House Bill No. 6401 seeking the conversion of Malay town into a component city of Aklan, was endorsed. AKLAN SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN

‘Malay City’ gets nod from Aklan SP

AKLAN – The proposed conversion of Malay town into a component city got the nod of the 19th Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan. Malay is a...