Bacolod Liga prexy bucks Du30 plan to arm ‘kaps’
BACOLOD City – Outgoing Liga ng mga Barangay president Noli Villarosa opposed President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to arm village chiefs with firearms to fend...
Group bares alternative to jeepney phaseout
ILOILO City – Jeepney operators and drivers have an alternative to the phaseout of their vehicles 15 years old and older – change their...
Negros LGUs still operating open dumpsites face charges
BACOLOD City – Local government units in Negros Occidental that continue to operate open dumpsites face charges, the Environmental Management Bureau Region 6 warned.
Complaints...
RDC approves P667M tourism infra in Bacolod
BACOLOD City – The Regional Development Council (RDC) approved P667-million worth of proposed tourism infrastructure projects of the city government.
The highest planning and policymaking...
PRO-6: Arming ‘kaps’ OK but…
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) supports President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to arm barangay captains.
But the village chiefs should be responsible...
Ajuy teen dies of suspected dengue
ILOILO – A 19-year-old lass from Barangay Pantalan Nabaye, Ajuy, Iloilo died of suspected dengue.
The teenager expired at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC)...
Lawyer denies martial law victims’ extortion claim
BACOLOD City – A lawyer belied the claim of several human rights abuse victims during the martial law era in Negros Occidental that he...
‘Don’t disrespect PH flag’
ILOILO – Where were the Philippine flags?
“We notice on our way here that there were very few flags flying,” said historian Dr. Ambeth Ocampo...
Heavy influx of Bacolod SOCE filers seen today
BACOLOD City – Today is the last day of filing the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) of all barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election...
P13.50 hike in pay of agri workers ‘an insult’
BACOLOD City – A militant labor group hit the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) for granting a measly P13.50 hike in the...