Guimaras needsmore tour guides

ILOILO – The Department of Tourism (DOT) wants more accredited tour operators andguides in Guimaras province. Competent tour guides give a “tourist-friendly ambiance” and increase...

‘Worst traffic tag won’t affect Cebu tourist arrivals’

CEBU City – A report based on a popular navigation app that listed Cebu as one of the cities in the world with the...

New assignments for 14 Aklan cop chiefs

BY BOY RYAN ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan – Fourteen chiefs of policein Aklan and their respective antidrug personnel and intelligence operatives were affected by the recent...

DPWH ‘taking steps’ forinterisland bridge project

BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter MANILA – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is taking steps to realize the proposed bridge that will...

Lawyers’ group: Scrap mining law

BY JOHN HEREDIA ROXAS City – A group of lawyers in Capiz does not just want the 50-year mining moratorium in the province reinstated. The Capiz...

Panitan, Pontevedra ‘pushers’ arrested

BY JOHN HEREDIA ROXAS City – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in separate operations in Panitan and Pontevedra towns in Capiz on Monday. The 20-year-oldFrancis...

Fish landing centers in 11 coastal towns

BY BOY RYAN ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan – Community fish landing centers will be built in 11 coastal municipalities in the next two years. Buruanga, Malay, Nabas,...

Aklan anti-drug unit head sacked

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Accused of mauling the father of a Sangguniang Bayan member of Malay town, the head of the...

Who’ll make it as Mutya it Ati-Atihan finalists?

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Applicants for the Mutya it Kalibo Ati-Atihan 2015 pageant will undergo screening on Sept. 27. Only 16 will...

SCOT-FREE ‘Abortion drugs’ dealer released; FDA blamed

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Authorities had to release the suspected trader of abortifacient drugs arrested and detained on Tuesday last week. No...