Bacolod, Bago poll officers swap assignments
BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reshuffled its election officers here and in the city of Bago, Negros Occidental.
Lawyer Kathrina Caña...
Pavia’s scary fest goes online
ILOILO – Despite threats posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pavia’s Tigkaralag Festival is pushing through this year, according to Mayor Laurence Anthony “Luigi”...
Two more ‘sacadas’ positive for COVID
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Two more sacadas or sugar migrant workers tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing to eight the...
LSI travel ban in Victorias, San Carlos City approved
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) approved a resolution suspending the arrival of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) beginning today in...
Panay farmers benefit from Korean agency’s rice support
ILOILO City – Rice farmers from Panay Island were able to benefit from the Emergency Rice Support Project (ERSP) of the Korea International Cooperation...
W. Visayas needs more nutritionists vs malnutrition
ILOILO City – Western Visayas needs more nutritionists to address stunting and wasting among the region’s children.
Director Ro-an Bacal of the National Economic and...
San Carlos City bans non-essential travel
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The local government of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental prohibited non-essential travel among its residents due to...
Decline in coronavirus cases seen in Bacolod
BACOLOD City – This capital city, which accounts for 31 percent of the cumulative tally of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Western Visayas,...
Capitol eyes P3.2-B budget for 2021
ILOILO – The provincial government is proposing a budget of P3,234,509,176 for 2021. The budget package was transmitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Friday last...
Cadiz City sets health rules for LGU workers
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Mayor Salvador Escalante of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental issued public health guidelines for employees of the local government...