Fast craft operators adding more trips
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Starting this month, fast craft operators are adding more trips from this city to Iloilo City and vice...
IPPO eyes ‘persons of interest’ in cop’s slay
ILOILO – There are persons of interest in the killing of Police Corporal Felfranz Lumahang, according to Colonel Gilbert Gorero, Iloilo provincial police director.
Gorero did not...
Covert cop gunned down in drug bust
ILOILO City – A covert policeman was shot to death by a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation that went awry.
The 32-year-old Police Corporal Felfranz Lumahang...
NegOcc expecting arrival of 1,500 sacadas
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Around 1,500 sugar sacadas or sugar migratory workers are expected to arrive in Negros Occidental in the coming...
Half of Bacolod City brgys COVID-free for two weeks
BACOLOD City – Of the 61 barangays here, 31 are now considered free from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
These 31 villages have zero COVID-19 infections...
Defensor wants stricter distancing rules in PUVs
ILOILO – Public utility vehicles (PUVs) in the province are becoming lax in enforcing social distancing rules aimed to curb the spread of coronavirus...
Iloilo Hall of Justice on lockdown anew; 27 close contacts traced
ILOILO City – The Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice here is on lockdown today for disinfection.
A court officer or personnel tested...
House panel OKs more beds for NegOcc hospital
BACOLOD City – The House of Representatives’ health committee approved the proposed law increasing the bed capacity of the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH)...
Women urged to speak up vs violence
ILOILO – Women must overcome social stigmas and let authorities know when they are victims of domestic abuse, according to an official of the...
Three NegOcc cities halting repatriations
BACOLOD City – The cities Bago, Sagay and La Carlota in Negros Occidental are suspending the return of locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) and overseas Filipinos...