Recount of VP votes starts in Iloilo
MANILA – The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has started recounting ballots from Iloilo for the electoral protest of losing...
Murder suspect, 78, yields guns, ammos
BACOLOD City – Police recovered firearms and ammunition from a man charged with murder in Purok Batohon, Barangay Amayco, Murcia, Negros Occidental.
He was identified...
‘TOP REBEL’ FALLS
ILOILO City – A suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebel holding a key position was arrested while crossing a street in Barangay Timawa-Tanza I,...
Antique closely monitors high- risk areas as wet season starts
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is closely monitoring seven high-risk municipalities in Antique as the rainy...
PAGASA declares start of wet season
MANILA – The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has declared the start of the rainy season in the country on Friday.
In...
20 COPS SACKED
ILOILO City – The internal cleansing at the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has started under newly-installed regional director Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao.
For suspicion...
Manila man suspects aide took P120T cash
BACOLOD City – A resident of Metro Manila renting a pension house room in this city lost thousands of pesos worth of cash.
The 67-year-old...
INMATES DEFY NEW WARDEN
ILOILO – Reshuffling jail wardens may not be enough. More smuggled items were found at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay Nanga, Pototan,...
Purok Paloma Fire leaves P150-T damage
BACOLOD City – An estimated P150,000 worth of properties went up in smoke when late-night fire struck a residential area in Purok Paloma, Barangay...
‘Lack of sewerage in Manila worse than in Boracay’
MANILA – Sen. Cynthia Villar sought an inquiry into the wastewater treatment and sewerage system in Metro Manila.
Sewerage problem is the “main factor” in...