10 Victorias City gov’t workers positive for drug use
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Ten job order employees of the Victorias City government in Negros Occidental tested positive for illegal drug...
Water refilling stations ordered to undergo water potability testing
BY GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Following the increasing cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and cholera in this city, Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has required...
Human bones found in Oton plaza
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – Construction workers found human bones in a drainage under construction in the public plaza of Oton town here on...
Will relectionist chapter prexy Fernandez have a challenger? LMP-Iloilo poll on Aug. 25
ILOILO – The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) - Iloilo Chapter will hold an election on Aug. 25.
Chapter president Mayor Rosario Mediatrix...
Negros Occ. hospitals eyed for isolation of monkeypox cases
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Occidental is in the process of identifying medical facilities to...
Man shot at Smallville
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – A 21-year-old man was shot dead around 4 a.m. on Aug. 20 at Smallville Complex in Barangay San...
Inventory of sugar stocks in warehouses mulled
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. sees no problem with the proposal to have warehouses in the province inspected for the volume of sugar...
Negros Occ.’s dengue death toll climbs to 16
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Two more persons died of dengue in Negros Occidental, increasing the disease’s death toll in the province...
Garcia to lead groundbreaking of Comelec-6 integrated field office
ILOILO City – Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman George Erwin Garcia will lead the groundbreaking for the poll body’s integrated field office in Barangay...
Region 6 COVID-19 active cases breach 3K mark; death toll now over 6K
ILOILO City – Active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas have surpassed the 3,000 mark.
On Aug. 13, 173 new cases were...