Antique water district assures concessionaires of enough supply

Antique: The Sibalom Water District has assured its concessionaires of enough water for drinking and household needs as rationing continues in barangays with insufficient supply.

Sibalom Water District Manager engineer Jonathan De Gracia on Tuesday s…

DTI readies price freeze list of basic commodities in Negros Oriental

DUMAGUETE: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental is finalizing preparations for a price freeze of basic commodities in the province after it was declared under a state of calamity.

DTI-Negros Oriental spokesperson Krystle Jade…

Increased gas flux observed in Kanlaon Volcano

MANILA: An increase in the sulfur dioxide (S02) emission reaching 2,707 tons was observed in Kanlaon Volcano on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The volcano has been emitting an average of 1,300 tons pe…

Dabawenyos warned vs. heat, rains this week

DAVAO: Amid the onset of a high heat index, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) urged Dabawenyos on Tuesday to always be ready for ever-changing weather conditions this week.

CDRRMO chief Alfredo Baloran said the high heat…

Calamba cops use railroad ‘handcars’ to patrol inner city

CALAMBA: The Calamba Component City Police Station said on Tuesday it is using motorized railroad cars to bring law and order to parts of this city that are inaccessible to the traditional patrol car.

Lt. Col. Milany Martirez, Calamba’s police chief,…

Bill vs. unauthorized media exposure of suicide, crime victims filed

MANILA: Camiguin Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo on Tuesday urged his colleagues to pass his bill seeking to protect victims of crime or accident, including persons who committed suicide, from unnecessary and unauthorized media exposure.

Romualdo on Monda…

9.7K job openings for Negrenses on Labor Day employment fair

BACOLOD: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that at least 9,770 vacancies will be offered in Negros Occidental during the 122nd Labor Day Job Fair at SM City Bacolod.

Some 65 companies will offer both local and overseas jobs …