Suspected drowning victims found
BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO – Two senior citizens died of drowning in separate incidents recently.
A man's lifeless body was found in a river in Sitio...
Return to ICC: Debate swirls around whether Senate OK needed again
MANILA – The Philippines, pushed by then President Rodrigo Duterte, withdrew from the international treaty Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) in...
US tells China to stop ‘dangerous and destabilizing conduct’ in WPS
MANILA — United States (US) once again upheld its commitment to its defense treaty with Philippines following China’s reckless maneuvers against Philippine vessels in...
China’s AIDS whistleblower dies in exile
NEW YORK – Gao Yaojie, a renowned dissident doctor who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China, has died aged 95.
Dr. Gao died of...
Half of Gaza population starving
GAZA STRIP – A senior United Nations (UN) aid official has warned that half of Gaza’s population is starving, as fighting there continues.
Carl Skau,...
Peru’s ex-president freed after 15 years in prison
LIMA – Peru’s former president, Alberto Fujimori, has been released from prison in the country’s capital having spent more than 15 years incarcerated.
Hundreds of...
‘DON’T PANIC’: DOH-6 urges public vigilance vs ‘walking pneumonia’
ILOILO City – “Walking pneumonia” is not something the public should panic over, according to the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6.
Medically known as...
RDC pushes for Aklan as cruise hub
KALIBO, Aklan – The Regional Development Council 6 (RDC-6) is pushing for the province of Aklan to be the tourism cruise hub in Western...
Petition vs VP Sara’s secret funds seeks refund
MANILA – The Makabayan bloc will join the fray and ask the Supreme Court to declare the P125-million confidential expenses of Vice President Sara...
Prepare for El Niño, NegOcc LGUs told
BACOLOD City – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) of Negros Occidental urged local government units (LGUs) to prepare for next year’s El...