PCG to hold boat operator liable for drowning incident

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Negros Occidental will hold a boat operator liable for a...

Joblessness in Guimaras skids to 4.1%

GUIMARAS – The unemployment rate or the proportion of the unemployed population to the total number of persons in the labor force here went...
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BIR Capiz attains 1st sem tax goal

ROXAS City – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue District Office (RDO) No. 72 was able to reach its tax collection goal for...

4 drown in Cadiz City reef excursion

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Four persons drowned. They were swept away by strong water current while taking a swim at the...
Sugar migrant workers or sacadas from Antique work in a plantation in Negros Occidental province. PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

DOLE OKs deployment of Antique sacadas to NegOcc.

SAN JOSE, Antique – Four milling contractors have been issued permits by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to transport sugar migrant workers...
The main modes of public transport in Boracay Island are electric tricycles. They do not pollute the island’s air with carbon monoxide. They are also less noisy.

Boracay e-trikes seek P5 raise in minimum fare

BORACAY – The Sangguniang Bayan of Malay, Aklan is keen on approving the proposal to increase electric tricycle (e-trike) fare in Boracay Island. Sangguniang Bayan...
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Aklan COVID positivity rate 16.84 %

KALIBO, Aklan – The Aklan-wide seven-day average coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate dropped to 16.84 percent for the period Aug. 19 to 26. Aklan...
Rosalita Ariola grieves for her 21-year-old son Anthony who was killed in a clash with government troops in the hinterlands of Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Aug. 10, 2022.

Mother loses son to rebels

BACOLOD City – A woman from Barangay Buenavista in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental shared her pain losing a son to the Communist Party of...
This is M/B Tatus, the emergency vessel of the local government of Caluya, Antique which is an island municipality. The local government has hired a boat captain and crew to operate M/B Tatus so that Caluyanons availing themselves of the boat’s service going mainland for emergency cases need not pay anymore. PHOTO FROM MAYOR RIGIL KENT LIM

Caluya’s ‘M/B Tatus’ OK once more for emergency travel

CALUYA, Antique – Emergency travel to mainland Antique is again faster and more convenient. The local government unit here has again made available for public...
Mary Grace Samulde, Public Employment Service Office officer-in-charge, orients the 15 recipients of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Government Internship Program. MAYOR'S OFFICE - PANDAN, ANTIQUE/FB

15 Pandan residents recipients of DOLE’s internship program

PANDAN, Antique – A total of 15 individuals from this town became recipients of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Government Internship Program (DOLE-GIP). The...