Brunei News Gazette

Day: September 7, 2024

Teacher yields P1-M shabu in Zambo Sibugay anti-drug op

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested a female school teacher and seized over PHP1 million worth of shabu following a buy-bust in Zamboanga Sibugay province on Friday night.

The 59-year-old teacher is a resident of Laminusa Island in Siasi, Sulu, ac…

Fire engulfs 106 homes in northern Negros city

BACOLOD CITY – About 106 families in San Carlos City in northern Negros Occidental lost their homes to a fire allegedly caused by an unattended lighted candle Friday night.

In a report on Saturday, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Off…

Negrense couple, 9 kids simultaneously obtain birth certificates

BACOLOD CITY – A married couple and their nine children from a remote village in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental finally obtained birth certificates in official security paper (SECPA) through the Birth Registration Assistance Project (BRAP) of the…

12.2K aspiring lawyers take 3-day Bar exams starting Sept. 8

Manila: A total of 12,246 law graduates registered for the three-day Bar Examinations that will be held in 13 testing centers nationwide starting Sunday.

The other exam dates are on Sept. 11 and 15.

The testing centers are located in the following:

Negrense leaders pay homage to late governor Daniel Lacson Jr.

BACOLOD CITY – Top leaders of Negros Occidental paid homage to former governor Daniel ‘Bitay’ Lacson Jr., who passed away due to a lingering illness at his family home here Friday night.

Lacson, 77, was appointed by then-president Corazon Aquino as …

Recto secures financing to fight poverty in 86 ARCs

Manila: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto has secured financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for a project that will help 86 agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in Soccsksargen and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) f…