Wife suspect in hubby’s death

BACOLOD City – A 53-year-old wife is now in the custody of the Talisay City Police Station in Negros Occidental. She was arrested for...

16 NPA rebels surrender to Army

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Sixteen New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the Philippine Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on...
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Roxas city council OKs P230-M for priority projects

ROXAS City – The city council here, through a resolution, approved a supplemental budget for the city’s priority development projects. In its recent regular session,...
Guimaras is an island province Western Visayas region. It is renowned for its natural landscape and pastoral farms. The province is the home of Manggahan Festival every May. PANAY NEWS FILE PHOTO

Mega bridge opens possibility of Guimaras becoming WV logistic hub

GUIMARAS – The proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) mega bridge project is likely to spawn opportunities for this island province to become the logistics hub of...
Fast crafts docked at the Bredco port in Bacolod City. PNA

NOCPPO intensifies anti-drug efforts in ports

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) director Police Colonel Leo Pamittan has ordered the major ports of...
Elena Aguilos, Noel Borreros and Rebecca Acepcion were recognized as Outstanding Child Development Workers in Roxas City . RONNIE DADIVAS/FB

47 Roxas City daycare centers, 3 child dev’t workers get 5-star ratings

ROXAS City – All 47 Child Development Centers (CDC), popularly known as daycare centers, in this city were given five-star ratings during the recent...
Rebel suspect alias “Beloy” surrenders to the police of Sibalom town in Antique. APPO-PRO6/FB

Suspected rebel yields to cops

SIBALOM, Antique – A suspected rebel surrendered to the police here. On Sept. 17, the 46-year-old who went by the alias “Beloy” turned himself in...

3 nabbed in Silay City drug sting

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Three persons including a 17-year-old girl were nabbed after police recovered a plastic bag of suspected shabu...
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PRC offsite center opens in Antique

ANTIQUE – There is now a faster and easier way for Antiqueños to avail themselves of the services of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). A...
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Familiaran is acting Bacolod City mayor

BACOLOD City – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez designated Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran as acting mayor for 11 days, or from Sept. 15 to...