Yanson family matriarch recovers from COVID-19
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Olivia Yanson, the matriarch of the giant bus firm Vallacar Transit Inc., has been discharged from the hospital...
WV logs 1,539 COVID-19 cases in 6 days
ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded 1,539 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in six days, from Sept. 5 to 10.
This significant...
40 cops sent to Bacolod for MECQ duty
BACOLOD City – Forty police officers from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) in Western Visayas were deployed in this city to help enforced...
Almost P700-K ‘shabu’ seized; 5 suspects fall
ILOILO – A string of antidrug operations led to the confiscation of close to P700,000 worth of illegal drugs and apprehension of five drug...
Rural Health Unit of Oton temporarily closes
ILOILO – The Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Oton town temporarily closed yesterday afternoon for a two-day disinfection.
It will reopen tomorrow, Sept. 10.
But the...
NegOcc bus firm won’t halt trips
BACOLOD City – The Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) is not suspending its operation in Negros Occidental despite this city reverting to modified enhance community...
Boy, 16, claims gang rape, tags 7 drinking buddies
ILOILO City – A 16-year-old boy claimed he was raped in Barangay Calumpang, Molo district and seven of his attackers were homosexuals.
The alleged rape...
Bago brgy, six ‘puroks’ locked down
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Mayor Nicholas Yulo of Bago City, Negros Occidental locked down a barangay and six puroks due to “large-scale community transmission”...
‘Kap’ with COVID-19 symptoms dies
ILOILO City – A barangay captain who was hospitalized for showing symptoms similar to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) died.
Mayor Jerry Treñas confirmed the passing...
Wanted: Medtechs for NegOcc COVID lab
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is hiring seven additional medical technologists.
This much-need boost will enable the molecular...