‘PhilHealth for all elderly’
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — All senior citizens in the country, indigent or not, may soon be covered by PhilHealth.
The Expanded Senior Citizens Act...
Solon pushes tighter foreign marriage rules
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — A foreigner who gets married to a Filipino woman must be employed and possess good moral character, said Rep....
Thailand gives add’l aid to PH
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA — The money raised through a nationwide telethon in November last year in Thailand to aid areas affected...
CONTRACT CHOPPING Lawyer bares ‘secret’ to Makati project overpricing
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – The Binays benefitted from the construction of overpriced buildings in Makati City, according to lawyer-complainant Renato Bondal in yesterday’s...
Ilonggo appointed SC Associate Justice
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III appointed Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza of Jaro, Iloilo City as new Associate Justice of the...
Silent protest vs mayor’s inaction
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Mayor Monico Puentevella has not enforced an approved city ordinance beneficial to the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) staff.
For this, he...
IRREGULAR BIDDING 3 Santa Barbara execs sacked
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – For the irregular bidding of five projects, the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal from service of three department heads...
Village chiefs indifferent to anti-drug drive – Salinas
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has ordered the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) to identify barangay captains not supportive of...
205 smut DVDs seized
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A total of 205 pornographic digital video discs (DVDs) were seized from a 19-year-old lad peddling them on...
Motorcycle-riding men rob collector
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Three unidentified motorcycle riding in tandem men robbed a collector of a money lending company in Barangay South San...