Electrical safety inspection at Bacolod markets urged

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod has urged for an electrical safety inspection at the city’s three public markets to prevent fire accidents. In a...

Discriminatory statements anger LGBT sector

ILOILO City – The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community in this city and Iloilo province is up in arms against a staunch...

Duterte in Negros Occidental today

BACOLOD City – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will be in Negros Occidental today. The country’s chief executive is set to distribute certificate of land ownership...

Water level at Moroboro dam ‘critical’

ILOILO – Water at the Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam in Barangay Moroboro, Dingle town has dropped to such a level that it could no...
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson

Fire bureau called out over Manapla blaze complaints

BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental vice governor Eugenio Jose Lacson urged the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to take action on Manapla residents’ complaints...

260 percent surge in Iloilo dengue cases

ILOILO – From Jan. 1 to March 2 this year, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 617 dengue cases with four deaths – 260.8...

Modified e-trikes still illegal even with local ordinance, says Nava

ILOILO City – Councilor Plaridel Nava has decided not to push through with a proposed ordinance empowering the city government to regulate electric bicycles...

Only 1 firm bids for P350-M BCC dev’t project

BACOLOD City – Only one company expressed interest to bid for one of the four multi-million flagship projects in the city yesterday. Architect Ziebert Rigg...

Wanted: Additional fire trucks, firefighters for WV

ILOILO City – The ideal number of personnel in a fire station is between 20 to 25. In Western Visayas, fire stations have 10...

Weekend shooting another unsolved case?

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) still has no clue on the identities of the four gunmen who shot to death a...