Syjuco to PNoy, TESDA chief: ‘Bobo!’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Former Iloilo congressman Augusto “Boboy” Syjuco Jr. (2nd District) unleashed a mouthful against President Benigno Aquino III and Technical Education Skills...
3 ‘high-value’ drug suspects fall
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Three women, all “high-value” targets of the police, fell in the hands of the Iloilo City Police Anti-Illegal...
150 houses for ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Estancia
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) Panfilo Lacson is set to turn over 150 “permanent” houses to survivors of...
Guns, ammos, shabu seized
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
POTOTAN, Iloilo -- Illegal drugs, unlicensed firearms and ammunitions were recovered by the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) in Brgy. Guinacas...
PH ready to protest latest China incursion
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – As soon as it is able to come up with a clearer picture of what China is doing...
‘No interest’ loans for flood victims mulled
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has filed a bill establishing a Flood Recovery Fund that grants flood victims “no-interest” loans.
“Many victims...
‘Probe MRT glitches’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – New deals entered by Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should see suspension, said militant group Bayan Muna.
Bayan Muna said MRT’s previous deals...
Denmark to reopen embassy
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – Denmark has appointed a new, full-time ambassador to the Philippines scheduled to arrive on August 1 to oversee the re-opening of...
Rebels attack sugar central
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO and CYRUS GARDE
ESCALANTE City — Members of the New People’s Army (NPA) destroyed various equipment and properties of a sugar...
No sacraments for Murcia mayor, et al.
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Murcia Mayor Andrew Montelibano and several Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members have been banned from receiving Catholic sacraments from the...