Negros Occidental police director Colonel Romeo Baleros. PNA

Nocppo seals borders to stop violence spillover

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is tightly securing the province’s boundary to prevent the spillover of violence from neighboring Negros Oriental – where four...

Schools take action: ‘Brigada Kontra Dengue’ today

ILOILO – Today, the provincial government and Department of Education (DepEd) are spearheading a synchronized school cleanup against dengue mosquitoes. “Brigada Kontra Dengue” involves parents, teachers, barangay officials,...

Vallacar prexy urges union leaders: Reconsider strike

BACOLOD City – New Vallacar Transit Inc. president Roy Yanson urged labor union leaders to “sit down and discuss” matters with him instead of staging a...

‘Include leptospirosis in dengue cleanup drive’

ILOILO City – Leptospirosis has claimed 11 lives in Western Visayas as of July 6, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. The 11 were...
A REFUGEE CAMP? No. This is the gymnasium of Maasin, Iloilo. It has been temporarily converted into a mini hospital to accommodate dengue patients. The municipality’s rural health unit is already packed with patients. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City records 251 new dengue cases in a week; State of calamity declaration...

ILOILO City – In just a week 251 new dengue cases were recorded here, according to the City Health Office (CHO). “Based sa mga figures nga...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Top official leaves PECO

ILOILO City – The assistant vice president for operations of Panay Electric Co. (PECO) has retired. Six months after PECO’s franchise as power distributor here expired...

PRO-6 rejects coup d’etat against Du30

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) remains loyal to the government and won’t support plots to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Lieutenant...

Treñas declares dengue outbreak

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas issued Executive Order No. 023 yesterday declaring a dengue outbreak. Citing data from the Department of Health (DOH), Treñas said the...

‘People’s SONA’ vs Duterte’s 4th SONA

ILOILO City – Progressive groups here are countering President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) with their “United People’s SONA” this afternoon. At...

Bacolod under ‘climate emergency’

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here approved a resolution last week declaring a “climate emergency.” SP member Carl Lopez, who authored the resolution,...