HIKERS OR REBELS?
ILOILO – Mt. Napulak, a popular hiking destination in the municipality of Igbaras, has been temporarily ordered off-limits to backpackers and hikers. The Philippine...
Dozen ‘hulbot’ fishers caught
BY CYRUS GARDE and MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Twelve men were arrested for illegal fishing in the seawaters of Barangay Gahit, E.B. Magalona, Negros...
Who’s ‘raiding’ Tanza public cemetery tombs?
ILOILO City – Are the tomb raiders at it again?
Information reached City Administrator Hernando Galvez that some unscrupulous individuals were illegally selling tombs at...
‘Taguig solution’ to metro flooding pushed
ILOILO City – A gigantic water impounding facility similar to Taguig City in Metro Manila could solve this city’s frequent flood problem, according to...
180 barangays to join metro-wide cleanup
ILOILO City – For the first time, the city government will mobilize all its 180 barangays for today’s citywide cleanup.
Engr. Noel Hechanova, head of...
Cadiz laborer shot to death
BACOLOD City – His fellow laborer shot him to death in Purok Sawmill, Barangay Jerusalem, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, police said.
The 50-year-old resident Allan...
‘BIG BLOW TO NPA’
ILOILO City – The neutralization of the New People’s Army’s (NPA) taxation group in Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique on Wednesday was a big...
Dumaguete raid yields P24M ‘shabu’
BACOLOD City – Authorities seized around P24 million worth of shabu and a firearm from a house in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Thursday.
Wielding...
5 years after ‘Yolanda’: Concepcion fish port still waiting rehab
ILOILO City – Five years after it was ravaged by super typhoon “Yolanda” in November 2013 the fish port of Concepcion, Iloilo would finally...
Price ceiling up in Antique soon
SAN JOSE, Antique – An “automatic price ceiling” will soon be imposed among prime and basic commodities in Antique.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week placed...