Ambulant vendors open for negotiation
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Ambulant vendors at the Roxas City Integrated Transport Terminal are willing to negotiate with the city government over...
Aklan least IRA-dependent province
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — All six provinces in Western Visayas were highly dependent on Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), according to the...
Foreigners in Boracay up 15% East Asians top int’l arrivals
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — International tourist arrivals here grew by 15.32 percent in the first six months of this year.
From 298,689 in...
Labao’s hiding hampered Mambusao’s projects – Alba
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
MAMBUSAO, Capiz — Because fugitive Leodegario Labao Jr. never surfaced when he was elected mayor May last year, this town failed...
Shabu seized in Boracay from Iloilo?
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Police seized sachets of suspected shabu allegedly sourced from Iloilo province during an anti-drug operation here.
The operation also...
3 Aklan bodies reap award for anti-smoking drive
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — A hospital, a health insurance agency and a municipal government in Aklan received the Department of Health’s...
‘Teach kids to prepare for disasters’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — A first-ever disaster awareness camp for children will be held at Inzo Arnaldo Village Integrated School here on...
Vendors gripe over planned relocation
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Members of the Pueblo de Panay Vendors Association complained about the city government and the township’s plan to...
Man yields shabu, gun in drug bust
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Sachets of shabu and a firearm loaded with ammunition were seized from a man in an illegal...
Aid still pours in storm-hit areas in Capiz
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Food packs courtesy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) kept on coming in super typhoon...