Nationwide quake drill
BACOLOD City – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) will join tomorrow’s nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill.
The simulation will start at 2...
IPPO’s Tayaba faces SP grilling over ‘bookies’
ILOILO – Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), should be summoned at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) and be...
Negros Island mulled as PH federal state
BACOLOD City – A unified Negros Island region is included in the list of regional states that the Consultative Committee made to review the...
New Bredco port ‘not yet fully operational’
BACOLOD City – The P360-million state-of-the-art seaport in this capital city is not yet fully operational, said Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) president...
Gunmen on wheels shoot drug suspect
ILOILO City – A drug pushing suspect was shot to death by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Railway, La Paz district.
Saldy Consing, 56, turned himself...
‘Abolish reg’l wage board’
BACOLOD City – The militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) in Negros Island wants the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) abolished.
KMU...
Ajuy vice mayor ‘unwelcome’ in barangay
ILOILO City – Vice Mayor Robert Villaruz of Ajuy, Iloilo is “an unwelcome person” in Barangay Lanjagan in the town.
Village officials declared Villaruz a...
Walk against illegal drugs gathers 10T
BACOLOD City – About 10,500 people from various sectors joined the walk against illegal drugs in the city.
The Community Anti-Drug Coalition of Bacolod (CADCoB)...
PRO-6 chief calls out cops with mistresses
ILOILO City – Married policemen with mistresses give the Philippine National Police (PNP) a bad name, according to the new director of the Police...
Du30 enjoins Muslim Pinoys to ‘foster unity’
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Muslim Filipinos celebrating Eid al Fitr to foster greater unity towards a more progressive future.
“I join our Muslim...