Photo for representation only. Teachers serving as election inspectors conduct final testing and sealing of the vote counting machines in San Jose, Antique on Friday, May 10, 2019. PNA

3,060 vote-counting machines will be used in Iloilo on May 9

ILOILO – A total of 3,060 vote-counting machines (VCMs) will be used in this province and Iloilo City on May 9 for the synchronized...
Negros Occidental policemen prepare for absentee voting at the Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City. They can only vote for national positions – president, vice president, senator, party-list. All of the ballots from the absentee voters will be submitted to the Commission on Elections central office in Metro Manila for counting.

Over 500 NOCPPO personnel join first day of absentee voting

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Over 500 personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) participated on the first day of...
A voter places her ballot in a PCOS machine after voting at precinct 169 of San Antonio High School in Makati City. According to Comelec, registered voters who are positive for COVID-19 can vote in the coming 2022 elections. INQUIRER/ARNOLD ALMACEN

Only 2 absentee voters in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – Only two persons here applied for local absentee voting (LAV), according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The three-day LAV started yesterday...
Flash floods hit several municipalities in Western Visayas, particularly in Zarraga, Iloilo were people trapped in their homes. PHOTO BY JAPHET FAJARDO

Iloilo under state of calamity

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved a resolution placing the province under a state of calamity due to the devastation brought by Tropical...
The Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Murcia, Negros Occidental reopened to the public on April 20, 2022 after more than two years of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. RICHARD MALIHAN, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PHOTO

Mambukal Resort visitors rising

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The number of visitors at the provincial capitol-run Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia,...
GORERO

Recent encounters, crimes no effect on election ‘red’ list, says PRO-6

ILOILO City – Recent clashes in Negros Occidental and Panay Island between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army...

Man found dead in Himamaylan a victim of abduction – police

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The man found dead along the national highway in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday has been...
BATILES

73 ICPO cops undergo ‘surprise’ drug test

ILOILO City – Seventy-three police officers were summoned on Friday at the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) for a conference. But they were in for a surprise...

CENECO steps up anti-pilferage ops

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) has stepped up anti-electric pilferage operations. Accompanied by members of the Bacolod City...
According to the Department of Health – Region 6, 260,264 vaccine doses have been delivered to the island province of Guimaras since 2021.

Over 190T in Iloilo get COVID booster shots

ILOILO – In this province, 190,223 individuals already received vaccine booster shots against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is, however, way below the number of...