NPA militarization claim ‘out of desperation’
BACOLOD City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division hit back at the New People’s Army (NPA) for condemning the alleged militarization in central...
Ceneco vows reliable power on election day
BACOLOD City – The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will ensure reliable power supply during the conduct of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections...
‘Tight monitoring’ of 6 brgys ordered
ILOILO City – Policemen have been ordered to “tightly monitor” six barangays here classified as “election areas of concern.”
Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas, city police...
Bacolodnons laud 2017 Bar Exam topnotcher
BACOLOD City – Local officials led Bacolodnons in congratulating the 31-year-old Mark John Simondo, a law graduate of the University of Saint La Salle...
INTENSE RIVALRY
ILOILO City – Six barangays in this city have been classified as “election areas of concern” by the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO).
There is...
DSWD: No eviction without relocation
ILOILO City – No one in the informal sector in Boracay Island would be evicted from their current abodes without having a place where...
More gov’t troops in Boracay than Spratlys?
BY RUBY SILUBRICO and PRINCE GOLEZ
BORACAY – Sen. Francis Pangilinan questioned the deployment of over 600 government troops to popular island resort Boracay in...
Quarry operators fined for violations
ILOILO – Quarry operators violating the provincial ordinance prohibiting the overloading of their cargo trucks are being fined.
The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office...
Bacolod council OKs city- run college’s new charter
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved on second and final reading the proposed ordinance revising the charter of the Bacolod City College (BCC).
BCC’s...
Negros Occ. ready for tourists but…
BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental is ready to accommodate more tourists now that the world-famous Boracay Island has been closed.
The Provincial Tourism Office said...