Ceneco to slash power rate by nearly a peso
BACOLOD City – There will be a less-than-a-peso decrease in the power rate of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) this May.
From P11.902 per...
Tax on election workers’ ‘measly’ pay slammed
ILOILO City – Almost “90 percent” of those who served in the recent barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas already received their...
More Bacolod animal bite cases seen this summer
BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) expects an increased number of animal bite patients this summer.
CHO records showed that as of April,...
Axed Talisay employees want mayor suspended
BACOLOD City – The 15 dismissed government workers in Talisay City, Negros Occidental want Mayor Nilo Jesus Antonio Neil Lizares III to be placed...
2 HIV infections each day in WV
BY IAN PAUL CORDERO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – One person is diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection every 11 hours in Western Visayas,...
Ex-NegOcc rep, wife file libel raps over newspaper article
BACOLOD City – Former Negros Occidental 1st District representative Julio Ledesma IV and his wife, actress Assunta de Rossi, have filed separate libel cases...
PET retrieves Iloilo ballot boxes for VP votes recount
ILOILO City – A team from the Supreme Court acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has started retrieving ballot boxes from this city...
Tricky situation: Joe or Jerry? Elected brgy officials walk a tight rope
ILOILO City – To whom should the winners in the recent barangay election take their oath of office – Mayor Jose Espinosa III or...
No nap time while on duty – PNP chief
BACOLOD City – Philippine National Police (PNP) director General Oscar Albayalde warned cops sleeping while on duty of “surprise visits.”
Albayalde said police officers must...
Palace to hasten repatriation of slain Ilonggo OFW fron SoKor
ILOILO City – Malacañang vowed to hasten the repatriation of the remains of slain Ilonggo overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Angelo Claveria from South Korea.
The...