Army: NPA rebels killed seven civilians in Negros since June

BACOLOD City – Atrocities perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in recent months have claimed the lives of at least seven Negrense civilians,...
Mitchelle “Bon” Silaya holds classes to his children Alfonzo and Brianna inside their quarantine facility at a public elementary school in Bago City, Negros Occidental on Aug. 10. BON SILAYA

Negrense pa makes quarantine fun for two kids

BACOLOD City – A Negrense locally stranded individual (LSI) is making quarantine a fun learning experience for his two small children by turning the...
“Tibiao logged its first coronavirus disease 2019 case while it is already the second one for Tobias Fornier,” says Integrated Provincial Health Office information officer in Antique Irene Dulduco. PNA

Active COVID cases in Antique rise to 9

SAN JOSE, Antique –The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in this province rose to nine after the municipalities of Tibiao and...
A police officer guards the wharf in Buenavista, Guimaras on Aug. 11. Protocols at the wharves in Guimaras have been tightened to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in the island province. BUENAVISTA MPS GUIMARAS PROVINCE

Cops tighten protocols at Guimaras wharves to avoid COVID-19 spread

ILOILO City – Police have tightened the protocols at the three wharves in Guimaras to avoid the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in...
A sari-sarti store in Antique is open for customers in this undated photo. The Department of Trade and Industry will extend aid worth P1.115 million to 115 micro, small and medium enterprises in the province that have been affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. PNA

115 Antique MSMEs to receive P1.1-M aid

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PBG) program, will extend aid worth...
Twenty-one sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P204,000 were seized from a father and son in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, Bacolod City on Aug. 9. Jose Bonza Sr., 66, and Jose Jr., 38, are facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. BACOLOD PULIS

Pa, son yield ‘shabu’ worth P204K in Bacolod buy-bust

BACOLOD City – A father and son were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay 2. The suspects were identified as Jose Bonza Sr.,...
An agrarian reform beneficiary shows the certificate of land ownership award he received during a ceremony facilitated by the Department of Agrarian Reform in Barangay Dian-ay, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. MASALIGAN BATTALION

More than 40 ARBs in Negros get land titles

BACOLOD City – More than 40 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the cities of Cadiz and Escalante in this province received their certificates of...
Some stranded “sacadas” or migrant sugar workers in Negros Occidental wait to board a vessel at the Bredco port to travel back home to Panay in this photo taken last May. Travel and health protocols have been set for their return to Negros Occidental in time for the start of the milling season in September. ADRIAN BOBE VIA PNA

Sugar producers hail DA’s aid for ‘sacadas’ to return to Negros Occ.

BACOLOD City – Owners of sugarcane plantations lauded the assistance provided by Agriculture Secretary William Dar to bring back the “sacadas” or migrant sugarcane...

Kalibo‘s new public library ordinance passed

KALIBO, Aklan – The Sangguniang Bayan here has passed an ordinance prescribing the operations of the New Kalibo Public Library in time for the...
Eight members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Antique surrender to the government on Aug. 7. Eleven of their comrades in the province also returned to the government’s fold last June. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE

8 NPA members in Antique surrender

SAN JOSE, Antique – Eight members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in this province surrendered to government forces.Alias “Joy”,...