“We are working to trap the scammer who used the same racket against my predecessors,” says Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, Iloilo Police Provincial Office director. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Lucas warns mayors vs impostor asking money, mobile phone load

ILOILO City – Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, warned mayors and businessmen not to fall prey to individuals using...
In this photo released by the 10th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, a Filipino crewmember of a Panamanian cargo ship is being rescued in the waters off Amami Oshima, Japan on Sept. 2, 2020. Dozens of crew members and nearly 6,000 cows are believed lost at sea after a livestock ship capsized in the East China Sea. THE 10TH REGIONAL JAPAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS VIA AP

Family of missing Negrense from sunken ship not giving up hope

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The family of a missing Negrense sailor is refusing to give up hope of finding him alive. His...

Barotac Nuevo restricts entry of Dumangasnons

ILOILO – The municipal government of Barotac Nuevo has restricted the entry of people from adjacent Dumangas town. Only the following may enter Barotac Nuevo: *...
Bishop Patricio Buzon

Bacolod masses suspended

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Diocese of Bacolod once more suspended masses with the city regressed to general community quarantine (GCQ). Bishop Patricio...
Ilonggo nurse Ramon Francisco Sonico completes his second dose of a potential coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine currently in Phase III of clinical trials. RAMON FRANCISCO SONICO/FB

Ilonggo COVID vaccine volunteer gets 2nd dose

ILOILO – Ilonggo nurse Ramon Francisco Sonico who got an initial shot in a clinical trial of a potential coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine...

BCPO sets up 35 border checkpoints

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is setting up 35 inner and border checkpoints starting today until Sept....
Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) return home to Negros Occidental from Metro Manila via a sweeper flight that landed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City last week. Twelve more residents of the province – all either LSIs or overseas Filipino workers – tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

NegOcc wants freeze on LSIs

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is seeking a moratorium on locally stranded individuals (LSIs) until Sept. 7. The...

2 inmates bolt NegOcc jail

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Police are on a manhunt for two inmates of the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in the province’s...
MUCH-NEEDED BOOST These are Police Regional Office 6’s new recruits. They took oath as members of the Philippine National Police in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City on Wednesday. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

COVID-19 cases in WV police force reach 40

ILOILO City – Six more Western Visayan police officers were infected with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), pushing the current total to 40. The new cases comprised...
The local government of Talisay City, Negros Occidental conducts mass testing to residents on Aug. 31. Those who would test positive for coronavirus disease 2019 will be transported to quarantine facilities designated by the provincial government. CDRRMO TALISAY CITY, NEG. OCC.

Negrenses to get COVID test results this week

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) molecular laboratory in Silay City, Negros Occidental is set to release...