Display flag, public urged
BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG
BACOLOD City – Mayor Monico Puentevella called on Bacolodnons to display the Philippine flag to commemorate the 116th anniversary of the country’s...
Insects threaten to wipe out coco industry
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The government is waging a war against invasive insects called Aspidiotus Rigidus that have infested coconut trees...
CIDU vows to solve Punsalan, Amiyong cases
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) is focusing on two unsolved crimes here.
Supt. Peter Naboye, CIDU regional director,...
Big-time Estancia drug suspect falls
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ESTANCIA, Iloilo – “Patience pays.”
The two-word quotation sums up the success of police operatives here. They nabbed a suspected big-time illegal...
Cops step up drive vs Boracay guns
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
KALIBO, Aklan – The Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO) has intensified its campaign against loose firearms following the arrest of a...
Boy, 19, nabbed for raping a minor
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO, City – The young man charged with sexually abusing a minor was arrested yesterday in Brgy. Bolilao, Mandurriao district.
The 19-year-old...
Cases of dog bites up 42%
BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG
BACOLOD City – Dog bite incidents this year in Negros Occidental rose by 42 percent or 1,555 cases, according to the...
Kabankalan-Mabinay mulled as reg’l center of island region
BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG
BACOLOD City – Proponents of the One Negros Island Region wants the regional center to be at the Kabankalan City –...
‘Be a pilot at Fast Academy’
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – “Be a pilot. Be an aircraft mechanic at Fast Academy,” Rey Sorgon, school administrator, told those interested in aviation.
Fast...
Cops hit for inaction on farmer’s shooting
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – An international human rights watchdog bewailed the failure of Philippine authorities to arrest the security guard who...