BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has signed an agreement with WeGen Energy Philippines Inc. for the installation of a 1,270 kilowatt-hour (kwh) rooftop solar project across key facilities in Negros Occidental. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (seated center) and WeGen vice...
Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia acknowledged her suspension on Tuesday in a social media post. GOV. Garcia (FB) “The Office of the Ombudsman has placed me under preventive suspension,” Garcia said. “I respect the processes of the law, but I must respectfully disagree with both the basis and the...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government is targeting to initially implement the P20 per kilo rice program of the Marcos administration to families with undernourished children in Iloilo. ILOILO Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. holds a copy of his executive order on food security, including...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections has ordered Aklan Gov. Jose Enrique “Joen” Miraflores and his father, former Gov. Florencio “Joeben” Miraflores, to answer the disqualification cases filed against them. AKLAN Gov. Jose Enrique ‘Joen’ Miraflores (left) and his father, former...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson backs the national government’s P20 per kilo rice program. LACSON (Glazyl Masculino) “Negros Occidental will do its best to be part of this program,” the governor said in a media interview Friday. Although Lacson missed...
The provincial government pledged assistance to all victims of a bus accident on Thursday, April 24, in Burgos, La Union. ORTEGA (center). (FB) Gov. Raphaelle Veronica “Rafy” Ortega-David visited the victims, most of them La Union residents, recovering in hospitals in the province on...
MAKILALA, Cotabato – At least 2,600 school children gathered for the simultaneous opening of the Summer Kids Peace Camp here and President Roxas town on Tuesday, April 22. A SUMMER Kids Peace Camp is under way in Makilala, Cotabato. (Keith Bacongco) Now on its 12th year, the SKPC is an annual...
CEBU CITY – The representative of the second district of Bohol has filed a string of charges for what she deemed as below-the-belt tirades launched against her by three individuals. BOHOL Rep. Maria Vanessa Aumentado (middle, standing) files a complaint-affidavit against a gubernatorial candidate...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is on heightened alert starting Wednesday, April 16, to ensure public safety during Holy Week and the May 12 midterm elections. POLICE Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay (center), newly-installed officer-in-charge of Police...
DAVAO CITY – Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu has welcomed the Commission on Election’s decision to place Buluan under its control amid the surge in election-related violence less than a month before the May 12 mid-term elections. MAGUINDANAO del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – This province is ready for thousands of devotees visiting historical churches and pilgrimage sites during Visita Iglesia this Holy Week. ORTEGA (FB) “These religious sites are not only places for prayer and reflection but also cultural landmarks that represent our...
Actor Coco Martin endorsed the FPJ Panday Bayanihan and reelectionist Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito Dolor during the grand rally of the party-list in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on Saturday, April 12. ACTOR Coco Martin (right) aired support for Oriental Mindoro Gov. Bonz Dolor (left) and wife...
