P700K ‘shabu’ seized in Roxas City in 2022

ROXAS City – The city police was able to confiscate over P700,000 worth of shabu in 2022. Police Senior Master Sergeant Ramil Arcangeles, city police...
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Sibalom opens one-stop-shop biz registration process

ANTIQUE – Application and renewal of business permits are now accessible at the Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS) established by the local government unit (LGU) of...
Ati-Atihan Festival will be back on the streets after a two-year hiatus. Wearing their costumes, competing tribes will be having the traditional “Sadsad” from The Capitol up to Kalibo Pastrana Park on Jan. 14, 2023. IAN PAUL CORDERO PHOTO

Ati-atihan ‘sadsad’ returns 

AKLAN – After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, locals and tourists may expect a high-energy atmosphere in the street dance competition...

18th Bacolodiat slated on Jan. 20-22

BACOLOD City – This city will again hold a three-day face-to-face Bacolaodiat Festival on Jan. 20–22 after two years of hiatus due to the...
DOH reported 8,615 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and 82,228 individuals remain ill due to the virus.

8 COVID-19 cases in Capiz left

CAPIZ – Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province are continuously decreasing. As of Jan. 6, there were only eight active cases left...
Over 600 illegal firecrackers and boga confiscated during the holidays were disposed of by the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO). A region-wide simultaneous disposal of illegal firecrackers was held on Saturday. GUIMARAS POLICE PROVINCIAL OFFICE FACEBOOK PHOTO

Police provincial offices hold simultaneous disposal of illegal firecrackers

BY GLENDA TAYONA & IME SORNITO ILOILO City – Police provincial offices in Western Visayas on Saturday simultaneously disposed illegal firecrackers confiscated during the holidays. In...
Photo for representation only. Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, Provincial Administrator of Negros Occidental. NEGOCC PIO

Axed NegOcc OPA personnel a warning to gov’t employees

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The recent firing of four employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) should serve as...
Each farmer will receive P5,000 assistance under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA).

Patnongon rice farmers to receive P5,000 aid

ANTIQUE – A total of 1,837 rice farmers in Patnongon town will receive P5,000 in financial assistance this week. These farmers were registered in the Registry...

Guimaras food inflation at 11.8% in Dec. 2022

GUIMARAS – The food inflation in this island province closed at 11.8 percent in December 2022, the Retail Price Survey of Commodities for the...
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Kabankalan opens 47th Sinulog Festival

KABANKALAN City – This city officially opened the 47th Sinulog Festival from Jan. 6 to 15. Kabankalan City mayor Benjie Miranda said the Sinulog Festival...