Antique dengue cases breach 1,000-mark
ANTIQUE – This province’s dengue cases have already breached the 1,000-mark.
From January 1 to June 25, 2022, Antique logged a total of 1,174 dengue...
NegOcc mills to reopen amid sugar shortage fears
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Three sugar mills in Negros Occidental will resume operations even before the official milling season starts.
Amid rumors...
Gov’t troops, rebels clash in Lambunao
ILOILO City – Troops of the Philippine Army’s 82nd Infantry (Bantay Laya) Battalion and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels clashed in Sitio Barangbang, Barangay...
Himamaylan tops dengue cases in Negros Occ.
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The city of Himamaylan in Negros Occidental currently has the highest number of dengue cases in the...
Nava may file measure suspending LPTRP if…
ILOILO City – Councilor Plaridel Nava said he may propose a measure temporarily suspending the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) if the problems...
Defensor: Social justice will define second term
ILOILO – What’s in store for this province in the next three years in the second consecutive term of Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.?
Social justice,...
Ex-rebel wanted for murder, homicide eludes police
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – A 64-year-old former New People’s Army (NPA) rebel eluded policemen who were attempting to serve him a...
Twister rips 15 Pototan houses
ILOILO – A tornado associated with a localized thunderstorm damaged 15 houses in two barangays in Pototan town.
Six of these houses were totally wrecked;...
Voters’ registration for brgy, SK polls resumes on July 4
ILOILO – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 6 is ready to resume voters’ registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
“The elections...
Solons back Lacson’s 2nd term
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The congressmen of Negros Occidental vowed to support and work in coordination with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson...