NegOcc BMs not giving up on NIR
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN and PRINCE GOLEZ
BACOLOD City – President Rodrigo Duterte may sign the executive order (EO) dissolving Negros Island Region (NIR) by...
No letup in Iloilo’s drug war
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – The leadership change at the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) won’t hamper the campaign against illegal drugs, declared Senior...
3 PROV’L POLICE DIRECTORS AXED
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – The police director of Iloilo was relieved from his post while those of Guimaras and Antique provinces swapped assignments.
They...
‘Waterborne-disease outbreak’ in Bacolod brgy
BACOLOD City – There was a “food and waterborne-disease outbreak” in Barangay Handumanan, the City Health Office (CHO) said.
Over 100 pupils of Handumanan Elementary...
Wanted: More city traffic, police aides
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – The Transportation Management and Traffic Regulation Office (TMTRO) is looking for at least 30 new traffic and police...
MARINA DITCHES WOODEN BOATS
BY RESEL JOY TIANERO
ILOILO City – In two years’ time, wooden passenger vessels plying various routes in Western Visayas will no longer be operating.
Sea...
Who’s afraid of nationwide smoking ban?
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Ilonggos this paper interviewed welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to declare a nationwide ban on smoking in public...
Oct. 19 special holiday in Bacolod
BACOLOD City – The Diamond Jubilee Memorial Tower at the Bacolod Public Plaza will be lit up 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
At 10 p.m.,...
DRUGS PERVADE 143 CITY BRGYS
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A total of 143 barangays here were affected by the drug menace, according to the...
Cops want Negros Region retained
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City – The Police Regional Office 18 (PRO-18) wants the government to keep Negros Island Region (NIR).
Operations are faster and...