WV POLICE SEIZE GUNS, DRUGS ON ‘UNDAS’
BY RUBY SILUBRICO and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Police in Western Visayas confiscated various banned items, including deadly weapons and prohibited drugs, on All...
More than 3,500 COCs filed in Western Visayas
ILOILO City – A total of 3,576 certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 2019 midterm elections have been filed in Western Visayas, according to...
14 drug suspects caught in Negros Occidental in 3 days
BACOLOD City – Over the past three days, a total of 14 suspects were arrested in various antidrug operations in Negros Occidental and this...
105 Negros Occidental farmers now agrarian reform beneficiaries
BACOLOD City – A total of 105 farmers-beneficiaries were installed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in two separate landholdings in Negros Occidental...
Bodies recovered from Mt. Province landslide now at 16
MANILA – The number of cadavers retrieved from the landslide area in Natonin, Mountain Province, has climbed further to 16, according to the local...
3 KILLED IN HOUSE FIRE
ILOILO City – A 74-year-old woman and her two grandsons died in a fire that struck their house in Zone 2, Barangay M.H. del...
DOLE urged to provide aid for urban poor
BACOLOD City – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6 has been asked for support for farmers in this city thru its...
Capturing forgotten traditions, culture of Panay, Guimaras
THE ISLANDS of Panay and Guimaras in Western Visayas are storied places and the natives know this. A coffee table book of the anthropological...
PH plastic pollution: Why so much waste ends up in oceans
Masses of plastic trash swirling in waterways, garbage clogging drainage canals and huge stinking dumpsites are among the most visible manifestations of the waste...
Zumba, cleanup activity hopes to raise awareness vs plastic use in Boracay
BORACAY ISLAND –More than 200 participants joined the Zumba and cleanup activity on Boracay’s Bulabog Beach on Wednesday, Oct. 31, to raise awareness against...