Kin of missing Ilonggo sailors still cling to hope
ILOILO – It’s roughly almost a month since 11 Ilonggo seafarers vanished at sea when a typhoon destroyed their ship in southwestern Japan. But...
Bacolod gets new top cop; Biñas reassigned to Camp Crame
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has a new director.
This developed after BCPO director Colonel Henry Biñas was relieved from his...
Negros board member falls sick with COVID
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
Bacolod City – Provincial Board member Andrew Montelibano of the 3rd District of Negros Occidental tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019...
Iloilo City Council bats for Geduspan as LTO-6 chief
ILOILO City -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution endorsing Ilonggo lawyer Gaudioso Geduspan II of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas...
27-day-old baby youngest coronavirus patient in WV
ILOILO – A 27-day-old baby boy in Estancia, Iloilo became Western Visayas’ youngest person to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019...
Iloilo City adopts skeleton force up to 50% operational capacity
ILOILO City – Government agencies and private firms have been directed to operate with up to 50 percent of their total workforce on-site during...
Drive-thru COVID test site opens in Bago City
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The local government of Bago City, Negros Occidental opened its first drive-through testing site for coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), citing a...
Blackout hits Panay Island, parts of Negros
ILOILO City – Power interruption hit the entire Panay Island and Negros Occidental yesterday.
According to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the...
Concepcion LGU locks down 58 households in barangay
ILOILO – Beginning at 6 a.m. yesterday, 58 households in Sitio Proper, Barangay Jamul-awon, Concepcion, Iloilo were placed on surgical lockdown.
A new case of...
One cop to be deployed in every WV barangay
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is deploying one personnel in every barangay across Western Visayas to bolster police-community partnership and anti-crime...