No decision yet on issues facing NegOcc PDMPD head

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Provincial Legal Office of Negros Occidental has yet to finish reviewing the reply of Provincial Disaster...

Bacolod cops net P136K ‘shabu’

BACOLOD City – Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) seized an estimated P136,000 of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation. Two suspects were...

Pedicab driver faces gun, grenade raps

ILOILO City – A 45-year-old pedicab driver was arrested in Barangay Nabitasan, La Paz district at around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday. Gunrunning suspect Alfonso Lim...
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Sagay City hospital resumes patient admissions

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Alfredo E. Marañon Sr. Memorial District Hospital (AEMSMDH) in Sagay City, Negros Occidental has resumed accepting...

3 nabbed for drugs, guns

ILOILO City – Three persons were arrested yesterday for possessing suspected shabu and homemade firearms at around 10:25 a.m. in Barangay Isian Norte, Leon,...
A total of 102 boxes of alleged counterfeit cigarettes were seized from a Chinese national. RMN ROXAS

Chinese nat’l yields P1-M ‘fake’ cigarettes

ROXAS City – Around P1 million worth of alleged counterfeit cigarettes were confiscated from a Chinese national during a raid. Suspect Li Qing Zong was...
A 13-vehicle road crash killed one and injured 12 others in Barangay Gines, Janiuay on Thursday. JANIUAY UPDATES

1 dead, 12 hurt in 13-vehicle road crash

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANATAS ILOILO – A bus hit 13 other vehicles in Barangay Gines, Janiuay at around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, killing...

Dumalag’s 6th most wanted nabbed

CAPIZ – Authorities arrested Dumalag town’s No. 6 most wanted person hiding in Barangay Balingasag, Cuartero, Capiz. Suspect Federito E. Dela Cruz Jr. of Barangay...

2 stabbed to death in Kabankalan City

BACOLOD City – Two dead bodies were found with multiple stab wounds at around 1:15 a.m. in Barangay 6, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental yesterday. Ervin...
The Philippine agriculture department is calling on hog raisers to secure insurance packages for their pigs in case their farms get affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF). DA WESTERN VISAYAS PHOTO

Batad, Dingle record ASF cases, too

ILOILO – The number of towns with cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) rose to 18 on Jan. 25, with Batad and Dingle towns...