‘IT’S HARASSMENT!’Arrest of ex-RPA leader slammed

BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG BACOLOD City – A former rebel turned congressman criticized the arrest of a former commander of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army – Alex...

‘Renegotiate with BRECO’

BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG BACOLOD City – Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. has called for a renegotiation of the city government port currently managed by the Bacolod...

‘So much want in a world of plenty’

BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG BACOLOD City – Filipinos are “fighting for a different kind of freedom,” said Negros Occidental’s Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. during the program...

NOCECO worker’s house looted

BY CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City – A 51-year-old  employee of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NOCECO) in Kabankalan City lost about P100,000 worth of personal belongings, cash and...

Pototan drugs linked to Bakhaw

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – The two suspected drug dealers recently arrested in Pototan, Iloilo were affiliated with a drug group based in...

P104.6-B infusion for ‘Yolanda’ rehab

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The massive infusion of government resources for the rehabilitation of cities and municipalities hit by super typhoon “Yolanda” is...

Historic church up for restoration

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO – Today, local officials and representatives of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) will break ground for the restoration...

P2-M lost to Pototan fire

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA POTOTAN, Iloilo – An afternoon fire razed the Jalaur-Suage River Irrigation Training Center in Brgy. Cato-ogan here yesterday. According to PO2 Mark Parreño...

‘Illegal recruiter’ nabbed

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A man long wanted for alleged illegal recruitment was arrested in Brgy. Baldoza, La Paz district here. Sixty-year-old Edwin...

Defensor to consult transport groups anew

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. is meeting anew the leaders of various transport groups in the province this afternoon to hear...