Bohol: Aumentado opposes raps over Chocolate Hills fiasco

Leo Udtohan 08/19/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines —Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado would file a motion for reconsideration before the Office of the Ombudsman following its decision to include him among those facing criminal charges over the presence of the…

Bohol workers displaced by whale shark watching ban get cash aid

Leo Udtohan 06/24/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY — Over 500 workers displaced by the suspension of whale shark watching operations in Bohol received a total of P5.3 million in financial assistance from the provincial government. Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado led the distribution of…

PPA: Navigational buoys in San Juanico Strait to help ro-ro vessels

Joey Gabieta 06/21/2025

TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has ordered the installation of navigational buoys along the San Juanico Strait, paving the way for 24/7 vessel operations between the Tacloban City Port in Leyte and the Amandayehan…

Mt. Kanlaon: Lahar flow destroys 1 house, damages 7 others

Carla Gomez 05/25/2025

BACOLOD CITY — The lahar flow from Mt. Kanlaon that hit Barangay Biak na Bato, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 24, destroyed one house and damaged seven others. The occupants of the houses, however, have moved to…

Aumentado offers P300,000 for info on death of 2 fishermen

Leo Udtohan 05/03/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY — Bohol Gov. Erico Arisotle Aumentado has offered a P300,000 reward to anybody who can give an information on the death of two fishermen in Bien Unido town on Friday, May 2. “Anyone who can…

Comelec tells Bohol gov bet to explain sexist remarks

Leo Udtohan 04/30/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 29, issued a show cause order (SCO) to Bohol gubernatorial candidate Dan Neri Lim for alleged remarks against Rep. Maria Vanessa Aumentado that may have…

7 cops linked to Kerwin Espinosa’s shooting to face admin raps

Joey Gabieta 04/20/2025

TACLOBAN CITY — Administrative charges are being prepared against the seven police officers considered “persons of interest” in the April 10 shooting of confessed drug lord and mayoral candidate Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa. Colonel Dionisio Apas Jr., Leyte…

Bacolod Good Friday accident: 2 dead as vehicle rams procession

Carla P. Gomez, Jason Sigales 04/19/2025

BACOLOD CITY, Philipppines – Two persons were killed while nine others were wounded about 7:30 p.m. on Good Friday, when a vehicle crashed into a procession in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. One of the fatalities…

Trekking, pilgrimage banned at Mt. Kanlaon this Holy Week

Carla Gomez 04/16/2025

BACOLOD CITY — Trekking and pilgrimages remain strictly prohibited at Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island, including this Holy Week. The Regional Task Force Kanlaon, in a memorandum issued on April 12, reiterated that any pilgrimage and trekking,…

Classes, work suspended in some localities near Mt. Kanlaon

Carla Gomez 04/08/2025

BACOLOD CITY — Some localities near Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island have suspended classes and work following the volcano’s eruption on Tuesday, April 8. Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan of La Castellana said it is better for children…

Iloilo vlogger regrets setting himself on fire for content

Allaine Kate Leda 03/17/2025

ILOILO CITY — A content creator from Calinog town, Iloilo has expressed remorse after he intentionally tried to burn himself for content and entertainment purposes on March 9. Isaganijudyan Camare Canja, known as “Boy Negro,” said he…

Bohol hospital probes death of 9-month-old baby

Leo Udtohan 03/17/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY — A government hospital in this city is conducting a thorough investigation on the death of a 9-month-old girl who had fever and diarrhea. In a statement on March 8, the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial…

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