Teacher accuses antidrug cops of stealing valuables
ILOILO City – A school teacher accused
operatives of the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) Regional Drug Enforcement
Unit (RDEU) of stealing valuables from her home...
P1.4 billion released to WV social pensioners
ILOILO City – For this year as of Dec. 2, P1.4
billion has so far been released to 246,421 social pensioners in Western
Visayas, according to...
Bacolod City drug rehab center to open next year
BACOLOD City – Local officials here
said they are set to open the P35-million drug treatment and rehabilitation
center (DTRC) next year as around 75 percent...
Food, travel fair features Antique’s dish
SAN JOSE, Antique – “Pasta Porbida,” a dish famous in this province, was introduced to the public during the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) Kain...
Ombudsman starts probe on alleged SEA Games corruption
MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has
started investigating House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and other officials who
may be involved in the alleged mishandling...
Duterte: Water firms liable for graft, plunder
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte
wanted to talk with the people behind the controversial 1997 water concession
agreements as he insisted on not paying the Maynilad...
Chilean military plane ‘disappears’ with 38 aboard
CHILE – A military plane with 38
people on board has disappeared en route to Antarctica, the country’s air force
said.
The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft
took...
Protests erupt as India pushes for religion-based citizenship bill
GUWAHATI – Hundreds of protesters took
to the streets in India on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government
offered a controversial bill in parliament that...
New Zealand launches criminal probe into deadly volcanic eruption
WHAKATANE – New Zealand police on
Tuesday said they were launching a criminal investigation after a volcanic
island erupted with ash and steam on Monday, killing...
Theft suspect falls
ILOILO City – Charged with theft, a man
was nabbed in Barangay Poblacion, Jordan, Guimaras.
The 20-year-old Carl Jefferson Sevilla
was caught on the strength of an...