NegOcc vice guv denies eyeing Bacolod seat
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Negros Occidental’s Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer has shrugged off reports that he would run for vice mayor here...
Mayors welcome ‘reclassification’ for vaccination
BACOLOD City – The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
Sipalay City reopens to tourists
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The city of Sipalay in Negros Occidental has reopened its doors to tourists effective May 15, although several...
Traffic alert: Ungka road closure on May 17 to 20
ILOILO – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 6 is reminding drivers and commuters of the temporary road closure in...
Employees lament ‘injustices’ in ECs nationwide
BACOLOD City – Injustices in electric cooperatives (ECs) must end now.
Employees of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) here demanded this during yesterday’s “Black Friday...
Bacolod opens barangay vaccination centers
BACOLOD City – Several barangays here will start vaccinating against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) the remaining priority populations with jabs from British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm...
What local execs expect from the new police chief
ILOILO – Everybody must be all eyes to the common enemy – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In battling such, the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Lacson to PHO: Update list of frontliners willing to be vaccinated
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Negros Occidental’s Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson ordered the Provincial Health Office (PHO) to update its list of frontliners...
Iloilo strengthens measures vs COVID-19
ILOILO – To arrest the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and hasten the recovery of the province’s economy, the provincial government is implementing...
ICPO warns motorists vs thieves
ILOILO City – Secure your motorcycles and never lend them to strangers.
“Don’t give carnappers the opportunity (to steal),” said Police Colonel Uldarico Garbanzos, the Iloilo City Police...