Arevalo buy-bust yields four ‘shabu’ sachets
ILOILO City – Four plastic sachets of suspected shabu were seized in a joint buy-bust operation of the City Drug Enforcement Unit and Philippine...
Bacolodnon Vallespin keeps PH super featherweight belt
MANILA – Bacolodnon Allan Vallespin renewed his mastery over Warren Mambuanag with a fifth round stoppage to retain his Games and Amusements Board (GAB)...
AFP chief: Not yet time to lift martial law in Mindanao
MANILA – It is not yet time for President Rodrigo Duterte to lift the martial law in Mindanao, according to the Armed Forces of...
Construction worker found dead in Talisay
BACOLOD City – An Iloilo City resident was found dead in Barangay Zone 15, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
He was identified as the 40-year-old construction...
SAFETY NETS FOR ‘TRAIN’ SOUGHT
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – The Senate committee on public services is holding here today a hearing on the “domino effect”...
Art: I’m not running for 4th Dist. congressman
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. vehemently denied reports he is running for congressman in the 4th District next year.
“How can that be? I’m...
Negros tracksters net 2 more golds, end Nat’l Games campaign
MANILA – Negros Occidental-based tracksters chipped in two more gold medals as they ended their campaign on the fourth day of the 2018 Philippine...
DOLE-6 urges employers to voluntarily regularize workers
BACOLOD City – Following the directive of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary Silvestre Bello III on intensifying efforts towards ending contractualization, DOLE...
DAM CRITICS ‘PERSONA NON GRATA’
ILOILO City – Three persons who went to South Korea to protest the construction of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Stage II (JRMP...
NegOcc lightning strikes kill 1, hurt 11
BY MAE SINGUAY and CYRUS GARDE
BACOLOD City – Separate lightning strikes in Negros Occidental on Tuesday killed one person and hurt 11 others, police...