Demolition of houses along Lupit River halted
BACOLOD City – Acting Mayor El Cid Familiaran ordered to stop the demolition of illegal structures on the banks of Lupit River in Barangay...
‘Implement nat’l feeding program in Bacolod City’
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is requesting the city’s Urban Basic Services Division and the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD)...
Concom wants plebiscite for draft federal charter ‘the soonest time’
MANILA – The Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution wants the plebiscite for the draft federal charter “sa madaling panahon.”
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Bago river yields dead old woman
BY CYRUS GARDE and MAE SIGUAY
BACOLOD City – She was found dead floating in a river in Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, a...
‘KAP DABING’ FEARS FOR LIFE
BY RUBY SILUBRICO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Barangay Captain Keith “Dabing” Espinosa of Monica Blumentritt, City Proper fears for her life following the...
Slain Antique jail guard ‘high-value drug target’
BY STEPHEN LOUIE CHECA and RUBY SILUBRICO
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique Rehabilitation Center jail guard that motorcycle-riding shooters killed on Wednesday was a...
Wanted: Alternative to river quarrying
ILOILO – Mountains may be good alternatives to rivers for quarrying sand and gravel.
A task force would be formed to study this option, according...
Wearing of lifejackets not mandatory but…
ILOILO City – Passengers of motorboats plying the Iloilo City - Guimaras route and vice versa are mostly not wearing lifejackets, observed the Philippine...
COA: Teo faces graft rap over tourism ads on bro’s TV show
MANILA – There was a “possible conflict of interest” when former Department of Tourism secretary Wanda Teo placed her then office’s advertisements on the...
NEXT TARGET: JABLO’S MINIONS
ILOILO City – The prohibitive cost of shabu could help curb the illegal drug problem. Shabu, considered the poor man’s cocaine, may soon be...