Cadiao gives ultimatum to NHA over Laua-an housing
ANTIQUE – Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao has given the National Housing Authority (NHA) until December 2023 to finish repairing the housing project in Barangay...
Army, rebels clash in Kabankalan City; 718 residents flee homes
BACOLOD City – Successive encounters between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental forced 718 individuals...
Another arson attack?
BY MAE SINGUAY & DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – A backhoe was torched in Hacienda San Juan Del Monte, Purok Narra, Barangay Malingin,...
Motor banca capsizes; nine rescued
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – A motor banca capsized off the coasts of barangays Tomongtong and Gahit in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental,...
‘Sleepy’ driver hits two motorcycles, injures 2
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – A man alleged to have fallen asleep while driving crashed into two oncoming motorcycles in Barangay Santa Rosa-Laguna, Guimbal...
Over 1K SIMs successfully registered in Aklan
AKLAN – Over 1,000 subscriber identity modules (SIMs) were successfully registered during the facilitated SIM registration of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Region 6...
Degamo’s 3rd Negros province ‘unnecessary’
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said the counter-proposal of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo to create a third...
Boracay-hatched Olive Ridley marine turtles crawl back to sea
BORACAY – In the afternoon of Jan. 12, 83 healthy Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtle hatchlings emerged from their nest at the beachfront in Barangay...
Retired cops figure in an altercation
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Two retired policemen got into a physical altercation that ended in a gun discharge in Menlo Village,...
Men yield ‘shabu’, gun
BACOLOD City – Police arrested two men who yielded suspected shabu and a firearm in a drug bust operation in Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City,...