Guv lauds ‘synergy’ among Negrenses in COVID battle
BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental lauded the cooperation between local government units (LGUs), the police and residents in the...
Army’s 3ID: Ex-Bayan Muna solon ‘hallucinating’
ILOILO City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) described former Bayan Muna party-list congressman Siegfred Deduro as “hallucinating” after the latter claimed...
Ceneco users told to pay bills beyond MECQ period
BACOLOD City – The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) encourages its member-consumer-owners (MCOs) to settle their unpaid bills not falling within the modified enhanced...
Passi city hall shuts down; 16 employees infected
ILOILO – For three days, all work at the city hall of Passi are suspended due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Mayor...
Bacolod, Bago poll officers swap assignments
BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reshuffled its election officers here and in the city of Bago, Negros Occidental.
Lawyer Kathrina Caña...
Pavia’s scary fest goes online
ILOILO – Despite threats posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pavia’s Tigkaralag Festival is pushing through this year, according to Mayor Laurence Anthony “Luigi”...
Two more ‘sacadas’ positive for COVID
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Two more sacadas or sugar migrant workers tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing to eight the...
LSI travel ban in Victorias, San Carlos City approved
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) approved a resolution suspending the arrival of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) beginning today in...
Panay farmers benefit from Korean agency’s rice support
ILOILO City – Rice farmers from Panay Island were able to benefit from the Emergency Rice Support Project (ERSP) of the Korea International Cooperation...
W. Visayas needs more nutritionists vs malnutrition
ILOILO City – Western Visayas needs more nutritionists to address stunting and wasting among the region’s children.
Director Ro-an Bacal of the National Economic and...