The remains of a female overseas Filipino worker, who died in a deadly gas leak explosion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month, arrived at the Dumaguete-Sibulan airport early yesterday morning.
The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office ranked number one among key police units under the supervision of the Police Regional Office 6 in the arrest of wanted persons in Western Visayas from January to Sept.15 this year.
Several drivers in the cities of Bacolod and San Carlos have received cash assistance from their respective local government units.
How healthy is our country? The thought occurred after hearing all those reports about the alleged scandals supposedly unearthed right in the Department of Health itself. Now there is even talk about a “Mafia” existing in that department involving its highest officials. I hope the President gets hopping mad at that and, not only send those guilty packing, but also make sure that they are sent where they can have all the time to repent for their sins. If proven to be true, those involved have committed sins that cry to heaven for vengeance, because the thievery must havedeprived thousands of people, citizens of the country, who deserve its protection, of what the law provided for them.
Syndicated estafa charges were filed yesterday against the suspects in the rice investment scam in Bacolod City.
The Philippine National Police under chief Camilo Cascolan is planning to implement an eight-hour shift for policemen from the current 12 hours to give its personnel enough time to rest and have more quality time with their families.
The downpour brought by Tropical Storm Leon resulted in flooding and uprooting of trees in several areas in Negros Occidental, yesterday.
The operational control of the 94th Infantry Battalion in central Negros has been transferred to the 302nd Infantry Brigade, as part of the adjustments made by the 3rd Infantry Division in its internal security operations in Negros Island.
The Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has lifted the temporary suspension of inbound travel of returning residents in the provinces of Antique, Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, and Iloilo City effective Sept. 15.
Several sections of the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City were locked down starting yesterday after eight members of its staff and several patients tested positive for Covid-19.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating Antonio Alexi Gayares for placing 9th in the May 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination, was approved by the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Trade and Industry reported that a 60-day price freeze was imposed in 31 local government units in Western
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday requested the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to submit a comprehensive strategic modernization plan to the House of Representatives, which
