Bacolod cops net P94-M ‘shabu’ in 2022

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized suspected shabu worth P94.454 million and arrested 594 persons in various antidrug operations in 2022. The...

Siblings hacked in Sibalom

ANTIQUE – Two brothers ended up in a hospital after a hacking incident in Sitio Igdumalid, Barangay Solong, Sibalom, Antique at about 1 a.m....

Rider dies in road mishap

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – A motorcyclist crashed into the concrete base of a streetlight along the national road in Barangay Ungka I, Pavia,...
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Lay arms, NegOcc guv appeals to rebels

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson again appealed to New People's Army (NPA) rebels to surrender. In a...

Bugasong celebrates Bugas sa Lusong Festival

ANTIQUE – For employees and residents to witness the Bugas sa Lusong Festival, Mayor John Lloyd Pacete ordered a temporary suspension of office transactions...
Dengue carriers are day-biting mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti) that breed in clean, stagnant water. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

Capiz logs 5 dengue cases

CAPIZ – This province already logged five cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in the first week of 2023, from Jan. 1 to 7. The data...
Fire gutted five houses in Barangay Poblacion, Culasi, Antique on Saturday, Jan. 14. BFP CULASI & DIOSELLY QUEENIE ELIZAGA 

Fire razes 5 houses in Culasi

ANTIQUE – Five houses were gutted by a fire that broke out in Barangay Poblacion, Culasi, Antique around 3:04 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14. Based on...
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NOCPPO director submits courtesy resignation

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) director Police Colonel Leo Pamittan confirmed having submitted his courtesy resignation,...
Distro brothers June Mark and Michael yielded P340,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Lapuz, Iloilo City on Jan. 14, according to the police. LAPAZ PNP PHOTO

Siblings yield P340K ‘shabu’

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – Two siblings yielded about 50 grams of suspected shabu, valued at P340,000, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...

Toboso resident gunned down

BACOLOD City – A resident of Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso, Negros Occidental was gunned down by unidentified assailants at around 8 p.m. on Jan. 10. Jerry...