No drowning incidents in Bacolod on Easter Sunday
BACOLOD City – There were no major untoward incidents that happened in the city on Easter Sunday, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
Status quo at PCSO-Iloilo; leadership change after audit
ILOILO City – The officer-in-charge of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Iloilo branch gets to keep her post for a little longer.
The leadership...
Boracay ordered shut – Duterte aides
MANILA – Boracay Island, the crown jewel of Philippine tourism, will be shut down for six months on the order of President Rodrigo Duterte,...
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...
WHO’S THE BOSS?
ILOILO City – Who is the real chief of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Iloilo? Two women are claiming to be the...
DTI bats for Boracay closure in phases
MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has suggested a phase-by-phase closure of Boracay Island.
According to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra,...
In Iloilo province it pays to reach 100 years old
ILOILO – Twenty-six residents of this province who reached the age of 100 would each receive P30,000 incentive from the provincial government.
The incentives would be...
‘Wage delay Negros hospital workers’ fault’
BACOLOD City – It was some of the rehired employees’ fault that the salary release of contractual workers in capitol-run hospitals was delayed, said...
Gunmen on wheels shoot Calinog ‘kap’
ILOILO – Two motorcycle-riding men shot the barangay captain of Lonoy, Calinog, Iloilo in the village of Carvasana yesterday.
The 49-year-old Eustaquio Porras died at...
‘Public cooperation key to peaceful Lent’
BACOLOD City – Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, director of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (Noppo), commended the public and his personnel for making...