The court denied bail for parricide suspect Jovanie Sambilad who was arrested on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental. PRO-6

Moises Padilla’s No. 1 most wanted falls

BACOLOD City – The No. 1 wanted person in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental was arrested around 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 5, in the...
CADIAO, BENITEZ

Cadiao backs Benitez as RDC chairman

ANTIQUE – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao supports Bacolod City’s Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez as the new chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) of...
The Trash to Cashback Program booth at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Through the program, residents of Bacolod are encouraged to properly segregate recyclables at the source and exchange these at the My Basurero Eco-community Center. COUNCILOR KALAW PUENTEVELLA/FB

‘Trash to Cashback’ launched in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – To promote the recycling of garbage, the “Trash to Cashback” program was launched yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). Mayor...
Indigent senior citizens of Pandan, Antique queue to receive their social pension for the third quarter of the year. MAYOR'S OFFICE-PANDAN, ANTIQUE/FB

3,204 Pandan seniors get pension

PANDAN, Antique – A total of 3,204 senior citizens in this town have received their 2022 third quarter social pension amounting to P1,500 each. Led...

Motorcycle rider died in Sta. Barbara road mishap

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – A motorcycle rider died in a vehicular incident in Brgy. Bolong Este, Santa Barbara, Iloilo, around 8:45 p.m. on...

4 arrested for ‘stealing’ gasoline at Cauayan cell site

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Four persons were arrested for allegedly stealing gasoline from a generator set at a cell site in...
Lenilyn Jaynos, a suspected regional finance officer of the New People’s Army’s Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay, was arrested on Sept. 2, 2022 in Roxas City. PNP

Suspected NPA finance officer falls in Roxas City

ROXAS City – A suspected high-value communist personality in Capiz province was arrested here. Lenilyn Jaynos, a non-government organization (NGO) worker, was tagged as the...
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Its symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. WHO

Capiznons told to be vigilant amid WV’s first monkeypox case

BY GLENDA TAYONA CAPIZ – Following the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Western Visayas (WV), the Provincial Health Office (PHO) here appealed to Capiznons...

Capiz mulls establishment of TF Bantay Dagat

BY GLENDA TAYONA CAPIZ – The Capiz provincial government is taking steps to protect its coastal areas from illegal fishing. Recently, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on...

6 new BJMP facilities open in NegOcc

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Western Visayas has opened six new jail facilities...