4 suspected rebels fall in Negros clash

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Philippine Army troops captured four suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels early morning yesterday in Sitio Cunalom, Barangay...
A police officer inspects the blood-soaked bed where elementary teacher Cecelia Adorador was killed. She was alone in her house in Purok 10, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, according to police investigators. HIMAMAYLAN CITY POLICE STATION

Teacher found dead at home

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A 55-year-old teacher was found dead inside her house in Purok 10, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified...
Environment secretary Roy Cimatu (center) and Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino (second from right) arrive in Bacolod City on Wednesday. After a long day in Iloilo, where the delegation hopped to various meetings with Regional Inter-agency Task Force of Region VI and Local Chief Executives, the Cabinet officials will continue their meetings in Bacolod. OPAV

Cabinet execs to assess Bacolod COVID situation

BACOLOD City – Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary Roy Cimatu will be here today to assess the local coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

65 hotels, resorts ready to house Ilonggo ROFs

ILOILO – Up to 65 hotels and resorts in the province expressed willingness to accept Ilonggo returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) who must undergo quarantine,...

Bacolod, NegOcc seek to halt repatriations anew

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA AND MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Local authorities here and in Negros Occidental want to reimpose a moratorium on the travel of...

Iloilo City records lowest single-day COVID cases

ILOILO City – This southern city added two more confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday – its lowest single-day case recording since...

LTFRB-6 office on 4-day lockdown today; employee contracts virus

ILOILO City – The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro district begins a four-day...
Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) return home to Negros Occidental from Metro Manila via a sweeper flight that landed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City last week. Twelve more residents of the province – all either LSIs or overseas Filipino workers – tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

LSIs urged to submit requirements ahead

BACOLOD City – “Send your requirements a week ahead because you are not the only ones coming home.” This was the advice of councilor Cindy...

27 cops exposed to 2 colleagues with COVID

ILOILO City – Twenty-seven policemen are quarantining while waiting for the results of their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests. They were exposed to two colleagues...

Phil. Army Soldiers guard locked down barangays

ILOILO City – Philippine Army soldiers have been tapped to help enforce the lockdown in  barangays ordered to be under such due to rising...