National Food Authority Antique acting branch manager Glenda Paz said on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, that they are now procuring palay from farmers as the harvest season starts this September. Photo shows a farmer harvesting palay in the province for the first cropping. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE/FB

345 Aklan rice farmers receive machinery, equipment

KLIBO, Aklan – An agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) organization in Malinao, Aklan received P609,280 worth of farm machinery and equipment as part of the...

1 town, 6 cities pass DILG’s Seal of Good Local Governance

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A municipality and six cities in Negros Occidental passed the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)...
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NegOcc’s 3rd District discusses cholera concerns

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental 3rd District’s Cong. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez spearheaded the North Central Negros Interlocal Health Zone (ILHZ)...

Street cleaner yields P680K ‘shabu’

BACOLOD City – A street cleaner in this city was nabbed in a drug buy-bust operation in a subdivision in Barangay Taculing on Thursday...

Students develop app to link end-users with responders

ILOILO City – Students of Dumolog National High School in Roxas City, Capiz have developed a mobile emergency assistance application that will connect end-users...
Two hundred twenty-seven candidate soldiers completed their almost five months of basic military training at the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division Training School on Oct. 26, 2022 in Camp Macario B. Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz. PHILIPPINE ARMY SPEARHEAD TROOPERS FB PHOTO

227 candidate soldiers complete training

ILOILO City – The 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army welcomed 227 new soldiers who completed their basic military training on...
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City abattoir urged to establish poultry dressing plant

BACOLOD City – Due to the lack of a poultry dressing plant in this city, the Association of Broiler Integrators of Negros Occidental is...
Two Roxas City barangays and a barangay tanod were cited during the 2022 tanod and lupon regional awards on Oct. 25, in celebration of the 31st Local Government Code Anniversary with the theme, “Lakas ng Lokal: Trailblazing Innovations and Collaboration in Local Governance”. DILG-6 FB PHOTO

2 Roxas City brgys win tanod, lupon awards

ROXAS City – Barangay Banica here has been cited as champion and Hall of Fame awardee during the 2022 Search for Outstanding Barangay Tanod...

Man detained for ‘stealing’ bike

BACOLOD City – A resident of Barangay Bata in this city was detained at the Bago City Police Station following a theft complaint. Suspect Tata...

9 theft suspects charged

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The nine people arrested earlier this week have been formally charged by the police for a string...