‘Surveillance testing’ for Bacolod vendors starts
BACOLOD City – The free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing for vendors of three major markets here begins today.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia made mandatory the...
Garin on losing House post: ‘I was politicized’
ILOILO City – “I was politicized.” AAMBIS-OWA Party-list’s Rep. Sharon Garin lamented how other lawmakers were dragged into the House of Representatives’ speakership fight...
Bacolod offers free COVID test for persons with mild symptoms
BACOLOD City – The city government is offering free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test to individuals with mild symptoms similar to those of coronavirus...
Cops arrest Miag-ao ‘gunsmith’
ILOILO City – A construction worker in Barangay Aguiauan, Miag-ao, Iloilo faces a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.According...
NegOcc hospital to receive 10K test kits
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – An additional 10,000 testing kits for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be delivered tomorrow for the Teresita Jalandoni...
Iloilo tops suicide cases in WV
ILOILO City – From January to September of this year, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recorded 251 suicide cases.
With 72 cases, Iloilo province...
4 gunshot wounds found in slain drug lord’s wife
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Policemen of La Carlota City in Negros Occidental released yesterday the initial “post-mortem” findings on the remains of...
LGUs urged to boost COVID testing capacity
ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo province should scale up their testing capacity for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to cover healthcare...
NOCPPO: Huge drug hauls originated from Mindanao
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The high-value drug seizures last month in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, in Sibulan, Negros Oriental and in...
First day of class made easy by local officials, community
ILOILO City – The first day of classes in this southern city went smoothly with the help of barangay officials and warm welcome of...