Gov’t to release P878.5M for info tech project
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Aquino administration is releasing P878.5 million to support the second phase of the Integrated Government Philippines...
Treñas to seek reelection
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — Cong. Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City said he will seek reelection in 2016.
“There are still many (bills) I am...
Dengue kills 6 in W. Visayas
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City — Dengue hemorrhagic fever claimed six lives in Western Visayas from January 1 to May 17 this year, records from...
No arrest in Senate – Drilon
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday said he would not allow the three senators implicated in the pork barrel scam...
Woman hangs self
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City — A woman suffering from a family problem hanged herself inside the house of her lover in Zone 9,...
Negrenses rally for ‘Negros Region’
By EUGENE ADIONG
KABANKALAN City — More than 200 officials and stakeholders in Negros Island yesterday gathered to declare their commitment to making “Negros Region”...
Visayan bloc eyes ‘tourism highway’
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — In Congress, the Visayas bloc will push for the realization of the “Visayan Tourism Highway.”
Cong. Alfredo Benitez (Negros Occidental,...
‘Board members need vehicles’
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — For Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members, vehicles are “a necessity, not a luxury,” stressed SP member Salvador Escalante.
“Board members need...
Forest fire hits Malay mountain village
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — A forest fire scorched some six hectares of public land in the hinterlands of Brgy. Nabaoy, Malay...
World-renowned doctor practices natural healing
BY HERBERT VEGO
IT’S not everyday that we meet a “metabolic doctor,” but there’s one Filipino-Chinese physician who finished his MD degree from the College...