Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria is sourcing funds of some PHP50 million for hog growers who have been affected by the African swine fever (ASF). This comes as hog deaths due to ASF continue to rise, although the spread of the virus has been co…

The Department of Trade and Industry-Central Luzon (DTI-3) has turned over a shared service facility (SSF) to Bulacan State University (BulSU). This after the BulSU has proven that it can sustainably govern and manage the SSF facility on food processi…

The municipality of Lambunao, through its municipal tourism office, announced on Thursday the indefinite closure of the Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park due to confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF) in Barangay Jayubo where it is located. …

Two more barangays in Negros Oriental were declared as ‘drug-cleared’, bringing to 267 out of 557 villages in the province that have been placed under this category, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Thursday. These two barangays are …

This city’s number one most wanted person, Antonio Macasa Uy, who is facing a murder case, was arrested by operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) in Barangay 2 here on Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon, officer-in-charge of P…

Cash inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 3.7 percent year-on-year to USD2.48 billion last April, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Thursday. The central bank attributed the rise in cash remittances, coursed through ba…

The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has called on members of the local media to report any threats concerning their work for appropriate intervention. PRO-6 spokesperson Maj. Grace Borio initially called for dialogue with members of the Iloilo Police…

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is partnering with the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the conduct of voter education among beneficiaries of the DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). While in a consultative meeting h…