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ILOILO CITY – A 49-year-old barangay captain from a mountain barangay in Tapaz, Capiz was killed in Calinog, Iloilo Sunday.

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Residents are looking forward to the resumption of inter-provincial bus trips in this province.

PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – A 39-year-old man drowned in a fishpond in Sitio Bulalo, Barangay Suvec here Saturday.

CEBU CITY – A huge signage carrying a grim reminder has been installed in an accident-prone area at the Transcentral Highway in Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu.

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here said the city needs at least P70 million to construct a state-of-the-art abattoir in a portion of the 10-hectare property of the Department of Agriculture at the Baguio Dairy Farm that was ceded to the city government for public use.

STA. ANA, Cagayan – The decomposed remains of an unidentified woman were found in the mountainous and forested area of Barangay Casagan here Friday.

ILIGAN CITY – Prof. Dr. Fema M. Abamo of the Mindanao State University in Marawi City has disclosed in a study that water in Lake Lanao is still clean.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The vice mayor of Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay was killed while two others were wounded in a shooting incident in Barangay Poblacion, Mabuhay Friday.

ILOILO CITY – An outbreak of rice grain bug hit Barbaza, Antique and the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA Region 6) is leading interventions to stop this infestation.

DAVAO CITY – Preparations for the celebration of the 84th Araw ng Dabaw is under way as the city government has prepared various activities for the virtual event on March 1.

CEBU CITY – The “misencounter” between the police and anti-narcotics agents in Quezon City will not happen here.

CEBU CITY – A sprawling bamboo plantation in northern Cebu is becoming a favorite hangout.

DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao has launched the Safe Davao QR (DQR) mobile application which is equipped with a new feature that notifies an individual that he is “blocked” from entering business establishments or private offices for testing positive for COVID-19.

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is set to establish emergency operation centers (EOCs) in every province to effectively respond to the emergency needs of its constituents in far-flung communities across the region, an official said Thursday.

ILOILO CITY – More barangays in Iloilo and Capiz have disowned the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA).

ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office 6 has added 298 cops to maintain peace and order in Western Visayas amid the continuing threat of COVID-19.

BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Two motorcycle-riding men were killed in an alleged shootout with policemen conducting “Oplan: Sita” on Langkiwa-Timbao Road in this city Thursday.

CEBU CITY (PNA) – Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas returned to work Thursday after recovering from COVID-19.