DILG: 3,306 contact tracers needed in Western Visayas
ILOILO City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in is hiring 3,306 contact tracers to be deployed to various local government...
Inmate hangs self inside NegOcc jail
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – An inmate took his own life by hanging himself inside the lockup cell of the municipal police station...
Leonardia sorry for expired food packs
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia apologized for the alleged stinky rice and expired noodles that the city government, through the Department of Social...
No power disconnection in Bacolod ‘til Sept. 30
BACOLOD City – The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will be extending its period of no power disconnection in this capital city until Sept....
Six lady cops face admin raps for ‘drinking’ in public
ILOILO City – Charges are now being prepared against six neophyte policewomen caught drinking liquor in Barangay Pasig, Sara, Iloilo, according to the Police...
City gov’t to prioritize COVID laboratory over plazas’ facelift
ILOILO City – The city government here realigned the budget intended for the redevelopment of public plazas to finance the construction of a coronavirus...
‘Missing’ positives add to Bacolod COVID woes
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – While the figure of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections in this city continues to surge, authorities have another...
PCG legal team assists family of fisherman killed in boat collision
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Four lawyers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were in Negros Occidental over the weekend to assist the family of...
Crimes by motorcycle-riding suspects drop 49.2 percent
ILOILO City – Crimes committed by motorcycle-riding suspects (MRS) across Western Visayas dropped by 49.2 percent in the first eight months this year compared...
Justice sought for fisherman killed in boat collision
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The father of a fisherman who was killed in a sea mishap off the coast of Escalante City,...