Water spat alarms Iloilo governor
BYÂ GLENDAÂ SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO - Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. vowed to help settle the ongoing rift between the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and bulk water supplier...
AFP, PNP deploy maximum force
Labor Day rallies today
ILOILO City - Across Western Visayas, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are deploying...
NGOs vital to countryâs growth â Villar
KALIBO, Aklan â Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are important in the countryâs growth and development, Sen. Cynthia Villar said.
Villar was the keynote speaker in the...
New eldersâ groups officials inducted
ROXAS City â New officials of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines (FSCAP), Inc.âs provincial and municipal chapters in Capiz have...
Workers still exploited, says labor group
BACOLOD City â As the world marks the International Labor Day today, workers in the Philippines remain exploited, according to a workersâ group.
Every May...
Donât fear 2015, farmers told
BACOLOD City â The sugar industry need not fear the Asean Free Trade Agreement in 2015, said Ma. Regina Martin, administrator of Sugar Regulatory...
âBio-ethanol plant may barge out wastewaterâ
BACOLOD City â The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) granted the San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. in San Carlos City a permit to...
Capitol workers to get midyear, addâl bonus
BACOLOD City â All 2,400 provincial government employees will receive their midyear bonus by middle of May, a Sangguniang Panlalawigan member said.
Salvador Escalante, finance...
BTAO Chief justifies vehicle stickers
BACOLOD City â Executive Assistant on Traffic Management Reynaldo Ebreo challenged Councilor Jose Carlos Lopez to âconfrontâ him after the latter allegedly gave the...
Suspects in P4.5-M drug bust charged
CADIZ City â The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 yesterday filed charges against two illegal drug suspects who were subjects of a...