NEDA-6 proposes Bacolod-Kabankalan expressway

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson revealed that the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has proposed...
Gov. Joaquin Carlos Rahman A. Nava reminds 268 beneficiaries from the municipality of Buenavista, Guimaras to value the livelihood program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development during an orientation at the Buenavista covered gym on Sept. 5, 2022. Photo from Province of Guimaras Facebook

More than 500 Guimarasnons to benefit from DSWD livelihood prog

GUIMARAS – Over 500 individuals from the municipalities of San Lorenzo and Buenavista are beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department...

NOCPPO nets 133 for illegal gambling in 24-hour op

BACOLOD City – A total of 133 suspects were arrested in a day of simultaneous operation targeting illegal gambling activities in Negros Occidental yesterday. Negros...
Photo shows the three Capizeña singers who won big in the 25th Annual World Championships of Performing Arts together with the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Capiz. CAPIZ PGCG FB

SP cites 3 Capizeña WCOPA stars

BY GLENDA TAYONA CAPIZ – Three Capizeña singers were given recognition by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here for winning big in the 25th Annual World...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. describes his state visit to Indonesia as more productive than we had expected.”

Marcos’ Indonesia trip reaps $8.5-B investment and supply pledges

JAKARTA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday concluded his inaugural state visit here, bringing with him $8.48 billion worth of investment pledges and...
College students of the Central Philippine University in Jaro, Iloilo City at their football field. CPU EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

CHEd halts Study Now, Pay Later Program

MANILA — A program seeking to assist college students through loans which will be paid after graduation has been stopped, the Commission on Higher...
The Department of Transportation is allotting P500 million in the 2023 national budget for the expansion of the Evelio Javier Airport, or Antique Airport. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE/FB

Antique airport expansion to draw in tourists, investors – Cadiao

ANTIQUE – The proposed expansion of the Evelio Javier Airport, or Antique Airport, in Barangay Funda-Dalipe, San Jose de Buenavista town will boost local...
Selected members of the Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict sign a memorandum of agreement for the creation of "zones of peace" in schools to protect children from all forms of conflict on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in Iloilo City. PNA/NTF ELCAC

‘Peace zones’ eyed in W. Visayas schools

ILOILO City – Selected members of the Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6 ELCAC) signed on Monday, Sept....
Roxas City’s Mayor Ronnie Dadivas and DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino "Jerry" L. Acuzar sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of the Paglaum Rise 5-storey Vertical Housing Development in Roxas City. RONNIE DADIVAS/FB

Roxasnons to benefit from DHSUD housing program

BY GLENDA TAYONA ROXAS City – This city is one of the local governments in the Visayas to benefit from the housing program of the...

BTAO apprehends drivers, colorum vehicles

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) apprehended 38 drivers and colorum tricycles plying in Barangay Handumanan here for violating city traffic...