Biz group wants to buy vaccines for workers
ILOILO City – The Iloilo Business Club (IBC) is studying the possibility for its member-establishments to acquire coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines for their workers.
Lea...
New Year’s Day floods NegOcc incurs P20M crop, livestock losses
BACOLOD City – Several local government units (LGUs) in northern Negros Occidental incurred an estimated P20 million in damage and losses to agro-fishery and livestock...
NegOcc waiting COVID vaccines until February
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental may have to wait until February to get vaccines against coronavirus disease...
Defensor tells cops: ‘Time to stamp out illegal gambling’
ILOILO – Is illegal gambling in full swing again? Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. wanted to know.
After several months of being kept busy by the...
Army: Panay raids spur mass surrender of Reds
ILOILO City – Some 125 individuals believed to be connected to the New People’s Army (NPA) in the town of Calinog, Iloilo turned themselves...
Bacolod crimes down 40%
BACOLOD City – Crimes in this city decreased by 40.11 percent in 2020, data from the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) showed.
For 12 months, BCPO...
LSI arrivals in NegOcc resumes
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Over 100 locally stranded individuals (LSIs), mostly from Manila, arrived at the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) port...
All Iloilo brgys submit road clearing report
ILOILO – All 1,721 barangays in the province were able to submit accomplishment reports on the road clearing operations in their respective areas.
Teodora Sumagaysay,...
Fiery 2021 start: Fire razes 10 houses in Barangay San Pedro, Molo
ILOILO City – A weekend neighborhood fire in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district totally gutted eight houses and partially damaged two others.
The fire started...
LSI repatriation resumes in 12 Iloilo towns
ILOILO – After more than a week of suspension, the repatriation of locally stranded individuals in the province’s 12 municipalities resumed last week.
These municipalities...