Drug surrenderee nabbed in sting op
KALIBO, Aklan – He was arrested after allegedly selling four sachets of shabu to an undercover officer along Diversion Road in Barangay Tabayon, Banga,...
Negros Occidental urged to lead reduction of HFCs use
BACOLOD City – Environmental campaigners urged Negrenses to lead in reducing the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the country.
Christian Aid’s climate change advisor for...
Ex-vice mayor ‘unwelcome’ in own town?
ROXAS City – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of President Roxas, Capiz is planning to declare the town’s former vice mayor a persona non grata.
The...
Woman falls in San Jose drug bust
SAN JOSE, Antique – Local authorities arrested a woman in a sting operation in Barangay Funda-Dalipe.
The 26-year-old Joebel “Tata” Dalumpines of Barangay Poblacion 2,...
5 drug suspects arrested in Roxas
ROXAS City – Five persons were arrested in two separate drug buy-bust operations in this capital city on Friday.
Officers from the Provincial Drug Enforcement...
Whale shark in Boracay a ‘good sign’
BORACAY – A whale shark spotted in the waters of this closed island resort means that rehabilitation efforts are indeed working, according to some...
Capiz now has 4 open defecation-free towns
ROXAS City – There are now four towns in Capiz declared to be free from open defecation.
The Department of Health (DOH) certified the municipality...
‘Beware of WILD diseases this wet season’
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 warns the public “WILD” diseases this rainy season.
WILD is an acronym for waterborne-diseases, influenza,...
Boracay cash-for-work beneficiaries get P14.5M
BORACAY – Over a thousand emergency employment beneficiaries in this famed island resort received a total of P14,578,592.72 from the Department of Labor and...
Agency gets advanced reef assessment tool
ILOILO City – The University of the Philippines – National Institute of Physics (UP-NIP) in Diliman, Quezon City turned over a unit of Teardrop...