MRWD planned loan may reach P1B
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — The Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) wants to add P184 million to its proposed P847-million take-out loan with...
Wrong place, wrong time Cops take pupils, students from Kalibo ‘drug den’
By JUN ARIOLO AGUIRRE and BOY RYAN ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — At least 17 elementary pupils and high school students from Boracay who were staying...
MURDER CASE JUNKED ‘FCU student dies of heart failure’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Heart failure, not his injuries, caused the death of the electronics engineering student allegedly mauled to death by...
Murder case junking dismays police chief
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Supt. Julio Gustilo Jr., city police chief, was dismayed by the dismissal of the murder case filed against...
Blood bank in Aklan prov’l hospital eyed
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Aklanons may easily access quality and sufficient blood supply once a blood bank is put up at...
SANITARY LANDFILL Capitol trains eyes on Makato
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Solid waste management may not be a problem in Kalibo and its adjacent municipalities soon.
Hectares of government-owned...
Engines, gears, cash for fisherfolk in 2 towns
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Typhoon-affected fisherfolk from Batan and New Washington towns received brand new fishing boat engines, fishing gears, and...
‘Mayor Celino should help ambulant vendors’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City – The city government has the responsibility to look after the vendors’ welfare, most especially those who are residents...
Review curfew ordinance, cops told
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — A city councilor here was lamenting what he claimed to be the non-implementation of Ordinance No. 011–2011, or...
Ports development up ahead of APEC
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — In preparation for Boracay’s possible hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit ministerial meetings next year, the...