Bago City defers charter anniv events to March

BACOLOD City – The City of Bago in southern Negros Occidental rescheduled its 54th Charter Anniversary events to March after initially canceling related activities set from Feb....
The six brand-new Isuzu fire trucks turned over by the Bureau of Fire Protection of the Department of the Interior and Local Government to the six local government units in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City. These were presented by the local BFP officials to Gov. Eugenio Jose Locsin in a ceremony held at the Capitol grounds in Bacolod on Feb. 17, 2020.

6 Negros Occ. LGUs get brand-new fire trucks

BACOLOD City – Six local government units in Negros Occidental, including this capital city, have each received brand-new Isuzu fire trucks from the Bureau of Fire...
Drug suspect Jeric Clarito sits handcuffed after he was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Domolog, Roxas City, Capiz on Feb. 18. GLENN BEUP/PN

Roxas man yields 16 sachets of ‘shabu’

ROXAS City – Sixteen sachets of suspected shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Gabuan, according to Lieutenant Mark Anthony Garcia of the Provincial...
Provincial Veterinary Public Health Division head Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil urges the local government units of this province to provide more funding in order to purchase more anti-rabies vaccines. There are 41, 033 dogs that need vaccination to make sure that remains rabies-free. PROVET-ANTIQUE

Antique LGUs urged to allot more funds for rabies vaccines

SAN JOSE, Antique –The local government units in this province are urged to provide additional funds in order to purchase more vaccines. “The 50 vials of...
Antidrug officers inspect items seized from Jerenz Abuel. He was nabbed in an entrapment operation in Barangay Poblacion, Kalibo Aklan on Feb. 18. BOY RYAN ZABAL/PN

Student caught ‘selling marijuana’

KALIBO, AKlan – He sold suspected marijuana in a computer shop, police said. The 18-year-old Jerenz Abuel was nabbed in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion. Abuel...
NFA-Aklan’s rice buffer stock can last up to more than three months, according to National Food Authority-Aklan Provincial Manager Benilda Fidel.

Rice buffer stock good for more than three months – NFA Aklan

KALIBO, Aklan – The current buffer stock of palay in this province remains sufficient and is expected to last more than three months, according to National Food...
Aklan Province’s Kalibo International Airport is considered a major gateway to Boracay Island where thousands of foreign and local tourists go to for holiday vacations. BUSINESSWORLD

Kalibo council wants to hasten quarantine facility project

KALIBO, Aklan – The Sanguniang Bayan of this capital town is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to hasten the construction of the Provincial Quarantine Facility...

DILG introduces new app to Guimaras students, faculty

BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – The Department of Interior and Local Government has introduced a mobile application that can be utilized to report government programs and projects, DILG...
Sanitary inspectors of the Provincial Task Force on African swine fever (ASF) destroy pork-based products seized in Bacolod-Silay Airport. The action is part of the provincial government’s plan to deny the entry of ASF in this province. PNA

NegOcc stays on ‘high alert’ vs ASF

BACOLOD City – The provincial government of this province maintains to be at a “very high alert” in order to dodge the entry of the...
Primary and secondary public schools in this province are ordered to claim a P20,000 funding by the Department of Education for the minor repairs and cleaning of the school grounds affected by Typhoon Ursula. DEPED AKLAN

Ursula-hit Aklan schools to get DepEd aid

KALIBO, Aklan – The Department of Education (DepEd) will provide an P8,160,000 fund for the ongoing rehabilitation of the 408 public schools affected by Typhoon Ursula...