Manny diagnosed with heart ailment days before fight
MANILA – Newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao might be forced to halt his boxing career. He was diagnosed with a heart ailment days...
Murcia woman found dead at sugarcane field
BACOLOD City – She was found dead at a sugarcane field in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Murcia, Negros Occidental.
The 39-year-old Eden Dipino of Barangay Salvacion,...
ABUSE OF AUTHORITY
ILOILO City – The Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has filed seven administrative and criminal charges against Mayor Jose Espinosa III before the Office...
Giving up not an option for WV’s persons with disabilities
BY MICHAEL ANGELO DEJANDO
(This is the first of a four-part series of inspiring stories to mark the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week 2018....
Army soldier shoots colleague to death
ILOILO City – A Philippine Army soldier was shot to death by a colleague inside the 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) camp in Barangay Lagdungan,...
DOH warns of spike in dengue, leptospirosis cases
MANILA – Health officials are seeing a spike in the number of dengue and leptospirosis cases after the days of downpour that caused floods...
17-year-old student killed in road mishap
BACOLOD City – The motorcycle he was driving crashed against a tree along the road in Hacienda Salvacion, Barangay Lopez Jaena, Sagay City, Negros...
‘ZERO DRUG ARRESTS’
ILOILO – Seventeen municipal police stations have “zero accomplishment” in the campaign against illegal drugs from December 2017 to June 2018. Why? There would...
Aklan guv, wife charged for ‘incomplete’ SALN
MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has charged Aklan governor Florencio Miraflores and wife, former Ibajay, Aklan mayor Ma. Lourdes, before the Sandiganbayan...
71 Bacolod City policemen take ‘surprise’ drug tests
BACOLOD City – Around 71 uniformed personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) underwent random drug tests.
BCPO head Senior Superintendent Francisco Ebreo said...