Ortiz to go to court if…

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — Salvador Benedicto Mayor Jose Max Ortiz said he will go to court if the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)...

San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. sets solutions to plant woes

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — The San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. is acting on public demand to address the foul odor and pollution caused by the operation...

Visayas grid back to normal — NGCP

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — After expecting a 200-megawatt (MW) power shortage last week, the Visayas grid is back to normal with a power...

Spread of HIV ‘fast and furious’Men who have sex with men more at risk

By RALPH JOHN MIJARES ROXAS City — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spreading very fast among Filipinos, a Provincial Health Office (PHO) personnel said. There is...

Aklan Prov’l Board member to resign if …

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Rodson Mayor “offered to quit” if the administrative complaint filed against New Washington...

Mandatory CCTV installation sought

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Cong. Teodorico Haresco Jr. is pushing for the mandatory installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on all...

CASH-STRAPPED MIWD NEEDS LOAN BUT…LWUA offers P77-M loan

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has offered to lend cash-strapped Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) as much as...

Cop nabbed for fake money

BY RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO – Law enforcer or law breaker? A policeman was arrested for using counterfeit money in Brgy. Poblacion, Oton town. But according to PO1...

Cellphone technician kills brother

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A cellphone technician stabbed his elder brother to death in Brgy. Veterans Village, City Proper. Wilfredo Magbanua, 43, was...

Coconut vendor nabbed after shifting to drugs

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – Somebody must have told him there’s no money in selling coconuts, so he decided to push illegal drugs. Unfortunately...