Woman, ‘supplier’ fall in shabu bust
ILOILO City – In Barangay Don Esteban, Lapuz district, two people were arrested in an antidrug operation.
La Paz police caught the 30-year-old resident Shella...
WAGE INCREASE SHOCKS BIZMEN
ILOILO City – The P41.50 increase in the daily minimum wage of workers in non-agriculture, industrial and commercial establishments employing more than 10 personnel...
Duterte wants Boracay locals to earn windfall from big business
BORACAY ISLAND – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday revealed why he wanted to place the island of Boracay under land reform.
In a speech on...
Primes stays alive, gets Bingawan q’finals berth
SANTA Clarita International School Primes booked the last quarterfinals seat in the Bingawan Foundation Cup Season 2 High School Basketball Premier Tournament.
Kimrey Servano scored...
Marine reservists showcase amphibious raid capability
SIPALAY City – About 100 reservists of the 81st Marine Battalion in Western Visayas conducted an amphibious raid capability demonstration at Poblacion Beach in...
‘Shabu’ worth P80T seized
BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu worth some P80,000 was confiscated from two drug suspects in Purok Avocado, Barangay 20, a police report showed.
The suspects...
‘IT’S HARASSMENT!’
ILOILO City – The militant Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in Western Visayas has accused the national government of harassment.
The recent arrest of Maria...
29 cops hurdle ‘surprise’ drug test
ILOILO City – The 29 police officers of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) subjected to a “surprise” drug test last week were all...
Priest’s killing ‘outrageously evil’
MANILA – “Outrageously evil” was how the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines described the killing of a priest in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija.
The CBCP...
Aklan power demand significantly drops
KALIBO, Aklan – The power demand of Aklan significantly dropped when Boracay shut down, according to the Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco).
Akelco said this is...