Ilongga jumper nets bronze in ASEAN School Games opener
MANILA – Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks carried the cudgels for Western Visayas athletes as she snagged a bronze medal in girls high jump of...
Prevendido ‘right hand’ falls
ILOILO City – Two illegal drug pushing suspects were caught in Dingle, Iloilo.
One of them was a suspected right hand of the slain drug...
GIGANTES ‘SELF-CLOSURE’ OK BUT…
ILOILO City – Tourism establishments in the Gigantes group of islands in Carles, Iloilo cannot just close shop temporarily and hold cleanups without a...
Divers collect underwater trash in Sipaway Island
BACOLOD City – Twenty-four professional divers retrieved underwater garbage – mostly plastics – in Sipaway Island in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
The “scubasureros” have...
Filipino migrants buoy Canadian economy – envoy
ILOILO City – Filipino migrants in Canada are big contributors to the country’s economy, according to the Canadian ambassador to the Philippines.
There are 850,000...
19-year-old student killed in road crash
SAN JOSE, Antique – A Grade 12 student of St. Anthony’s College died in a vehicular accident in Barangay Cubay-Napultan, Sibalom, Antique, police said.
The...
‘Rebels’ shoot Toboso man to death
BACOLOD City – Suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) shot a man to death in Barangay Bandila, Toboso, Negros Occidental, police said.
The...
‘LOUSY SERVICE’
ILOILO City – Officials of Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) are drawing fat salaries but the water district’s service remains wanting, so who’s being...
ICPO’s ‘TokGang’ targets juvenile delinquents
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has given its campaign Project Bringing Order to the Nemesis of Gangs (Project BONG) a...
New hanging bridge project in Kalibo
KALIBO, Aklan – Another bridge is being built at the Aklan River to provide easier access for locals in this capital town.
Mayor William Lachica...