‘Reds’ torch multicab, backhoe in Sibalom
ILOILO City – Around five armed men set on fire a multicab and a backhoe owned by a private construction firm in Barangay San...
Malay eyes banning ‘single-use plastics’
MALAY, Aklan – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) is eyeing to ban “single-use plastics” in this town, which includes the world-famous Boracay Island.
“A big percentage...
Pontevedra man shot to death
ROXAS City – A man was killed after being shot four times in Barangay Yatingan, Pontevedra, Capiz.
The 33-year-old resident Jaicar Beldia was lying on...
2 men fall in Roxas City drug bust
ROXAS City – Two men were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Mongpong, police said.
They were identified as resident Maximiano Blanco and...
Body to oversee Boracay development eyed
BORACAY – The House committee on natural resources is eyeing to create a development authority that will supervise activities in this famed island destination.
Committee...
80 ‘Aetas’ to benefit if island placed under land reform
MANILA – Eighty Aetas in Boracay could qualify as beneficiaries should President Rodrigo Duterte pushes through his plan to put the island resort under...
Antique police aim to be model for sectoral drug clearing drive
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) is determined to become a model for the sectoral drug clearing campaign of the...
Cimatu: Monitor solid waste mgt in Antique
SAN JOSE, Antique – Solid waste management in the province must be monitored regularly, Environment secretary Roy Cimatu told the Provincial Environment and Natural...
1,300 Boracay residents, displaced workers get P19.9-M livelihood aid
BORACAY – A total of 1,323 island closure-affected individuals availed themselves of the P19.9-million livelihood assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and...
‘School hazard assessment needed before classes start’
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) advised its municipal counterparts to conduct an on-site school risk and...