Double rice production in Guimaras – Piñol
Saturday, September 2, 2017
ILOILO City – The average rice production in Guimaras is 3.3 metric tons per hectare, but Agriculture secretary Emmanuel Piñol wanted...
Tracker teams to find ‘robber’ in Boracay
BY JUN AGUIRRE
Saturday, September 2, 2017
BORACAY – The Boracay Tourist Assistance Center under the Philippine National Police formed two tracker teams to locate a...
Capiz girds for drug tests in high schools
Friday, September 1, 2017
ROXAS City – Secondary schools in Capiz were preparing for random drug testing among their students, according to the Department of...
Antiqueño jin gets P10T from capitol
Friday, September 1, 2017
SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao gave P10,000 cash to a taekwondo jin who won a gold medal in...
Boracay not for evacuees, official says
BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
Friday, September 1, 2017
BORACAY – This world-famous island resort is not ideal for people escaping conflict-torn areas, according to a local...
Bird flu protocol ‘bad for business’
Friday, September 1, 2017
ILOILO – The Department of Agriculture will review the country’s protocol in responding to avian influenza, said Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.
Current protocol requires...
Cadiao wants more infra projects as Visayas RDC head
SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao sought for more infrastructure projects as the new chairwoman of the Visayas Regional Development Committee (RDC).
Cadiao was...
Indigent PWDs get school assistance
BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
KALIBO, AKLAN – The provincial government released school aid to 166 indigent persons with disabilities (PWDs).
On Aug. 29, the PWD beneficiaries...
‘Talibong prov’l heritage in Aklan’
BY JUN AGUIRRE
KALIBO, Aklan – Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Emmanuel Soviet Dela Cruz wanted to make the talibong (fighting sword) a heritage of the province.
Dela...
Shabu seized from guard in Boracay
BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
BORACAY – Thirteen sachets of shabu were seized from a hotel security guard in a buy-bust operation in the island.
Staged by...