Masskara Festival 2019 Street Dance Competition Barangay Category on Sunday Oct. 27, 2019. Panay News

No financial aid for MassKara organizer despite MOA signing with city gov’t

BACOLOD City – Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson clarified that the city government has no financial assistance extended to Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc. (BYFI), the...
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48 PWD learners in Pandan receive school supplies

ANTIQUE – To protect and promote the educational rights of persons with disability (PWDs), school supplies were provided to 48 PWD learners or children...
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Roxas City, Pilar, Panay still positive for red tide

CAPIZ – The coastal waters of Roxas City and the towns of Pilar and Panay in this province remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison...
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson believes that the Sugar Regulatory Administration remains important and can still help improve the country’s sugar industry as long as it is well managed. PROV’L GOV’T OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL/FB

NegOcc guv bucks proposal to abolish SRA

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has voiced his disapproval over a proposal of  Manila 6th District...
Roxas City mayor Ronnie Dadivas says the proposed Paglaum Rise 5-storey Vertical Housing Development will be constructed in the city’s Barangay VII. Its groundbreaking is today. RONNIE DADIVAS/FB PHOTO

DHSUD, Roxas City to break ground for housing project today

ROXAS City – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the city government here will lead today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the...

Bacolod to institutionalize comprehensive health program

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved an ordinance institutionalizing the Bacolod Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP). BacCHP is a flagship program of Mayor Alfredo...
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1st Guimaras Dragon Fruit Fest kicks off today

GUIMARAS – Two days of fun activities start today as this island province kicks off its maiden Dragon Fruit Fest. A bike caravan opens the...

Place bins, portalets in MassKara sites, DPS urged

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) urged the Department of Public Services (DPS) to place adequate garbage bins and portalets in different venues...
Drug suspect Herna Mae Abrido (right) yields around 0.49 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P8,000 to P10,000 during a buy-bust operation on Monday, Sept. 26. ICPS 1 PHOTO

Call center agent nabbed in drug buy-bust

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A call center agent was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Tanza Baybay, City Proper at...
Facing rape charges, Western Visayas’ No. 1 most wanted person, Jairos Osuyos, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 27, in Barangay Abaca, Tobias Fornier, Antique. PRO-6 PHOTO

WV’s No. 1 most wanted falls

ILOILO City – The No. 1 most wanted person in Western Visayas was arrested around 12:37 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Barangay Abaca,...