Six lady cops face admin raps for ‘drinking’ in public
ILOILO City – Charges are now being prepared against six neophyte policewomen caught drinking liquor in Barangay Pasig, Sara, Iloilo, according to the Police...
City gov’t to prioritize COVID laboratory over plazas’ facelift
ILOILO City – The city government here realigned the budget intended for the redevelopment of public plazas to finance the construction of a coronavirus...
‘Missing’ positives add to Bacolod COVID woes
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – While the figure of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections in this city continues to surge, authorities have another...
PCG legal team assists family of fisherman killed in boat collision
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Four lawyers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were in Negros Occidental over the weekend to assist the family of...
Crimes by motorcycle-riding suspects drop 49.2 percent
ILOILO City – Crimes committed by motorcycle-riding suspects (MRS) across Western Visayas dropped by 49.2 percent in the first eight months this year compared...
Justice sought for fisherman killed in boat collision
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The father of a fisherman who was killed in a sea mishap off the coast of Escalante City,...
Yanson family matriarch recovers from COVID-19
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Olivia Yanson, the matriarch of the giant bus firm Vallacar Transit Inc., has been discharged from the hospital...
WV logs 1,539 COVID-19 cases in 6 days
ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded 1,539 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in six days, from Sept. 5 to 10.
This significant...
40 cops sent to Bacolod for MECQ duty
BACOLOD City – Forty police officers from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) in Western Visayas were deployed in this city to help enforced...
Almost P700-K ‘shabu’ seized; 5 suspects fall
ILOILO – A string of antidrug operations led to the confiscation of close to P700,000 worth of illegal drugs and apprehension of five drug...