Boracay tourist arrivals up 9%
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Tourist arrivals in this island resort registered a 9.63 percent growth in the first five months of this...
IPPO nets 300 fugitives, 90 drug personalities
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO -- The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has arrested 90 drug personalities and 300 most wanted persons in five months...
Man falls off trike, dies
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO
PAVIA, Iloilo -- Police personnel here are puzzled whether it was an accident or foul play that led to the death...
Ilonggo leads group of PH heart doctors
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Dr. Joel Abanilla, a cardiologist from Arevalo, Iloilo City, has been elected the 63rd president of the Philippine Heart...
Napoles to return ‘pork’ money?
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – “It’s too late. Is this our utang na loob to her?”
Sen. Bam Aquino said the money plundered from the...
51 Pinoys in Libya want to leave
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – So far, only 51 out of the 13,122 Filipinos working and residing in Libya have registered with...
Abducted resort worker to return home
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Filipina resort worker abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sabah, Malaysia along with a...
CA confirms Dinky at committee level
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman has been confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) at the committee level.
Yesterday, the Labor...
Disaster mgt alliance formed
By EUGENE ADIONG
SIPALAY City — Eleven local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island formed the Southern Negros Disaster Management Alliance (Sonedma).
A memorandum of agreement...
‘Classroom shortage still a problem’
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Classroom shortage in public schools is a problem that still pervades Negros Occidental, Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said.
The governor...