The Office of Ombudsman slaps six months suspension without pay on 27 Bureau of Corrections executives in relation to the release of heinous crimes convicts under the good conduct time allowance law. ABS-CBN NEWS

Ombudsman junks raps vs Manikan couple, Esteral

ILOILO City – The Office of the Ombudsman, in two separate resolutions, dismissed the administrative and criminal complaints filed against former City Civil Registrar...
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NegOcc logs 1 confirmed, 9 suspected rabies deaths

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Occidental reported one confirmed and nine suspected rabies fatalities as...
The sidewalks and businesses in downtown Iloilo City are thriving once more after two years of pandemic-induced restrictions. Local businesses are gradually recovering but they are not yet out of the woods. PN PHOTO

Suspend or amend? Still no final decision on Iloilo City’s facemask ordinance

ILOILO City – More than three weeks after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the mandatory wearing of facemask outdoors, the city council here...
Manokan country is a complex of a couple dozens of stalls serving Bacolod’s most sought-after gastronomic delight — chicken inasal. PHOTO COURTESY OF LUCKY ALABADO

No closure of Manokan Country stalls today?

BACOLOD City – Manokan Country Vendors Association president David Montoya is hopeful that no stalls at the Manokan Country would be closed today. Mayor Alfredo...
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development secretary Jose Rizalino “Jerry” Acuzar, Mayor Jerry Treñas, Cong. Julienne Baronda, Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, other city officials, and representatives from Pag-IBIG led the groundbreaking for the Uswag Residential Complex in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro district on Friday, Sept. 30. JERRY TREÑAS/FB PHOTO

DHSUD’s housing program big help in reducing housing backlogs

ILOILO City – The housing program of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is a big help to the city government’s...
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. NIAID

NCR at increased COVID risk again

MANILA — Metro Manila has been classified as “moderate risk” for COVID-19 transmission amid an upswing in cases, but the Department of Health (DOH)...
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Cholera cases in NegOcc climb to 7

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The number of cholera cases in Negros Occidental climbed to seven, based on new data released by...
Free COVID-19 primary and booster shots are available to both adults and the pediatric population as part of the PinasLakas Campaign during the celebration of World Heart Day and Employees Health and Wellness Day at the Iloilo provincial capitol on Thursday, Sept. 29. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO/FB PHOTO

DOH eyes to replicate WHO’s Healthy Heart Project in WV

ILOILO – After the successful implementation of the Healthy Heart Project in Iloilo province, particularly in the 1st District, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo mayor Nielo “Bongbong” Tupas (6th from left) and the town’s Public Employment Service Office head Eva Causing (5th from right) receive a certificate of entitlement for P1 million worth of livelihood projects after being recognized as one of the grand winners in the Secretary's Bayanihan Service Award 2022 by the Department of Labor and Employment Region 6. MAYOR BONGBONG TUPAS/FB

4 LGU-PESOs grand winners in DOLE-6 Bayanihan Service Award

ILOILO – The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of three local government units (LGUs) in this province and that of Iloilo City were regional...
Drug suspect Herna Mae Abrido (right) yields around 0.49 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P8,000 to P10,000 during a buy-bust operation on Monday, Sept. 26. ICPS 1 PHOTO

Call center agent nabbed in drug buy-bust

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A call center agent was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Tanza Baybay, City Proper at...