‘They were all shot in the head’
BY STEPHEN LOUIE CHECA and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – All the seven persons whom policemen and soldiers killed in Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique...
144 unregistered guns in Bacolod police custody
BACOLOD City – One hundred forty-four unregistered firearms were turned over to the Bacolod City Police Office from July 23 to Aug. 15.
Fifty-four of...
Don’t give in to extortion, Army tells contractors
ILOILO – Contractors of government infrastructure projects in Panay Island must immediately report to authorities attempts to extort from them, according to the commander...
Business group bucks proposed 14th month pay
ILOILO City – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s proposed 14th month pay for private sector workers equivalent to one month salary would be difficult...
WV crime volume drops 45%
ILOILO City – The crime volume in Western Visayas dropped by 45 percent this year from January to July, according to Chief Superintendent John...
Over 28T unreported TB cases in Region 6 – DOH
ILOILO City – There are 28,948 undiagnosed or unreported tuberculosis (TB) cases in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
Tracking them is...
Bacolod leptospirosis cases up 50% – CHO
BACOLOD City – The number of leptospirosis cases in this capital city rose 50 percent, according to the City Health Office (CHO).
From January to...
6-kilo shabu bust suspect abducted?
BACOLOD City – The family of Ronie “Putot” Recomo – one of the three suspects in the drug buy-bust operation that led to the...
Phil. Army slammed over ‘fake rebel surrenderees’
BACOLOD City – Militant group Karapatan-Negros blasted the Philippine Army for allegedly using indigenous peoples (IPs), or tumandok, in its anti-insurgency campaign.
The human rights...
Bacolod shootout kills 2 robbery suspects
BACOLOD City – Three people were killed while three others, including the daughter of a town mayor in Negros Occidental, were injured in a...