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…

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…

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…

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 …

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. …

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…

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 Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ruled to grant fruit processing giant Dole Philippines more than PHP123 million in tax credit, part of the original PHP1.218 billion in tax refunds sought by the firm. In its 66-page decision dated June 13 released o…