ASF-FREE Remelyn Recoter, regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture, is urging locals to help maintain Western Visayas’ African swine fever (ASF)-free status. Swill feeding and the transport of infected pork and pork products are two of the top risks on the spread of the virus, she said. PNA ASF-FREE Remelyn Recoter, regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture, is urging locals to help maintain Western Visayas’ African swine fever (ASF)-free status. Swill feeding and the transport of infected pork and pork products are two of the top risks on the spread of the virus, she said. PNA

W. Visayas still vigilant vs ASF

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ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas (Region 6) is enjoining the locals to be vigilant against the African swine fever (ASF) to...
This capital town has a new Officer-in-Charge Chief of Police. Major Benjo Clarite (center) takes over the role and responsibilities of his predecessor Lieutenant Colonel Marc Anthony Darroca during a turn-over of command ceremony in the San Jose municipal polices station’s conference room on March 4. ANTIQUE POLICE PROVINCIAL OFFICE PNP-PRO6

New San Jose top cop vows to make town safer place

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The newly-installed Officer-in-Charge Chief of Police of this capital town has expressed his optimism towards making this place a better community. Major Benjo...
“The sisterhood will be beneficial to Antiqueños who work and reside in Manila,” Cadiao stressed in an interview on Feb. 26. FILE PHOTO

Antique OFWs get livelihood assistance

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SAN JOSE, Antique – A total of 10 former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) received livelihood assistance during the People’s Day at the provincial capitol here. Gov. Rhodora Cadiao led...
Drug surrenders from Barangay Codcod and Barangay Quezon, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental attend the graduation of the Kinabuhi Angay Ampingan Bag-Uhon Alang sa Ginoo (KAABAG) in Barangay Codcod on Feb. 28. KAABAG is a 90-day Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program hosted by the local government of the city. SAN CARLOS CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-LGU

45 NegOcc ex-drug users complete treatment

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BACOLOD City – A total of 45 former drug surrenderers in two cities of this province have completed the 90-day Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) hosted...
Personnel of the Boracay Inter Agency Task Force conduct a meeting with other government agencies of the province in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan on March 5. Tackled during the meeting were updates on the accomplishments of the different agencies in the world-class island. PDEA REGION VI-WESTERN VISAYAS

Boracay task force awaits DU30’s decision to continue island rehab

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KALIBO, Aklan – The Boracay Inter Agency Task Force (BIATF) is hoping that President Rodrigo Duterte will soon make a decision to whether the group will...
Bailes de Luces performers of La Castellana, Negros Occidental cancel their participation in the All Dance Intercontinental 2020 in Rome, Italy next month due to the continuing threat of the coronavirus disease 2019. JH MANUNAG/BAILES DE LUCES FACEBOOK PAGE VIA PNA

Bailes de Luces cancels Rome trip due to COVID-19

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BACOLOD City – Wary of the continuing threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Bailes de Luces (Dances of Lights) team of La Castellana, Negros Occidental has...
The Department of Agriculture asks for additional funding from the government as it tries to address the recent African swine fever outbreak in a town in Davao Occidental. APNEWS

NegOcc hog raisers urged to sustain efforts vs ASF

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BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has urged swine raisers in Negros Occidental to sustain their initiatives to keep the province free from African swine fever...

Roxas City buy-bust nets P102-K ‘shabu’

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ROXAS City – A suspected drug pusher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Inzo in this city. Suspected shabu weighing about 15 grams...
These workers roam around the vicinity of the Kalibo International Airport. JUN AGUIRRE/PN

Carriers to cut Kalibo ops as COVID-19 threat persists

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KALIBO, Aklan – As the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) persists, more airline companies have announced further reduction of their operation at the Kalibo...
Around 600 more Negrenses from various civil society groups in southern and central Negros Occidental denounce the atrocities committed by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army during an indignation rally in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 29. The said activity was coincided with the interment of Captain Efren Espanto Jr., a Negrense policeman who was killed during an encounter with NPA rebels in Janiuay, Iloilo last Feb. 12. THIRTYSECOND CMOC

Indignation rally staged vs violence, terrorism

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BACOLOD City – Hundreds of Negrenses from various localities in the province staged an indignation rally to denounce the atrocities of the Communist Party of the...
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