NEG. OCC. TOPS MATERNAL DEATHS IN WV
ILOILO City – Most pregnant women who died in Western Visayas in 2017 were from Negros Occidental.
A combination of direct and indirect causes led...
DSWD worker nabbed for drugs in Dumangas
ILOILO City – A Social Welfare department worker from Bacolod City did not resist when police officers arrested him for alleged illegal drug pushing...
Rabies cases in NegOcc up
BACOLOD City – Rabies cases in Negros Occidental increased over the last two years, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported.
Records from the PHO showed...
‘GET TOUGH ON VIOLATORS’
Stiffer penalties for breach of parking ordinance
ILOILO City – Regulation Ordinance 2011-458 prohibits anyone from reserving portions of public streets, avenues, sidewalks, alleys, and...
Higher water rate by May or June – LWUA
ILOILO City – By the end of the month of May or beginning of June this year, consumers in this city may likely be...
‘Join Earth Hour tonight’
ILOILO City – The city government is enjoining all Ilonggos to join tonight’s Earth Hour.
During the annual Earth Hour, communities, industries and individuals switch...
Bacolod disaster body wary of drowning cases
BACOLOD City – With people expected to take excursions at beaches and pools during the Holy Week, the local government is wary of drowning...
Divorce bill must be thoroughly debated, says Iloilo governor
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. is not opposed to the Philippines having a law on divorce.
But the proposed law must be thoroughly debated...
Get into sugar block farming, ARBs urged
BACOLOD City – Agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) were urged to participate in sugar block farming.
A project of the Department of Agrarian Reform, sugar block...
‘NO SUMMER SHUTDOWN’
Palace: Boracay closure after ‘peak season’
ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte may soon order the temporary closure of Boracay to rehabilitate the world-famous island...