PDEA ‘pressures’ antidrug councils
ILOILO City – Are municipal and barangay drug abuse councils actively campaigning against drug trafficking?
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 will be...
Army’s 3ID on ‘high state of vigilance’
ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) based in Jamindan, Capiz was on a “high state of vigilance” when the New...
Women: Breaking barriers
WHEN a woman has found her voice and makes herself visible in her community, she is ready for success.
This view comes from Helen Romero,...
This year ‘not the right time’ for federal shift
BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental vice governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson believes that shifting to a federal form of government any time this year...
State news agency head to grace Negros Press Club event
BACOLOD City – The head of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) will be the guest of honor in the upcoming induction and oath-taking ceremony...
IT’S TOTAL CLOSURE FOR BORACAY
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation to close Boracay Island for six months.
It would be a total closure to tourism, said...
Bacolod runs out of anti-rabies shots
BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) is running out of anti-rabies vaccine.
CHO’s vaccine supply will only last until today, according to Nurse...
No water shortage this summer – MIWD
ILOILO City – Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) assured consumers of sufficient water supply this dry season.
According to MIWD Water Rates Committee chairperson Amarylis...
NPA recruitment ‘sign of desperation’
ILOILO City – For the commander of the Philippine Army’s 301st Brigade based in Dingle, Iloilo, the New People’s Army’s (NPA) flurry of recruitment...
‘Info-tech crucial to Bacolod’s progress’
BACOLOD City – Another public hearing may be needed to discuss the proposed creation of the city’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) office, according...