19-year-old yields P1.7-M ‘shabu’
BACOLOD City – Fifty-one sachets of suspected shabu weighing 255 grams and valued at P1,734,000 were recovered from a 19-year-old lad in Purok Tahong,...
Hamtic lost P22.6M to ASF
ANTIQUE – Losses from hog mortalities due to African Swine Fever (ASF) in Hamtic town have reached P22,682,500.
Some 2,335 hogs from 28 of Hamtic’s...
DFA’s ‘Passport on Wheels’ returns to Kalibo
KALIBO, Aklan – To bring passport processing closer to the public, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in coordination with the local government of...
Man shot dead while asleep
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – A 47-year-old man was found dead in his house in Barangay Pagdugue, Dumangas, Iloilo yesterday morning, June 28.
Cezar Dipus...
UNIFED to Marcos: Ignore calls for sugar liberalization
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) is appealing to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to ignore the calls...
Mangrove planting to protect Guimaras’ coastal ecosystem
GUIMARAS – One with the campaign to protect coastal areas in the island province of Guimaras, the Guimaras Provincial Statistical Office planted mangrove propagules...
Saldajeno is new IBP Antique prexy
SAN JOSE, Antique – Former San Jose, Antique vice mayor Felix Saldajeno was publicly inducted over the weekend as the new president of the...
DepEd Antique urged to intensify campaign vs vape
ANTIQUE – The provincial board has requested the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique to intensify its awareness campaign against the health...
Capiz prov’l gov’t turns over chocolate post-harvest facility for cacao farmers
CAPIZ – The provincial government turned over to cacao farmers a post-harvest facility for the Capiz Chocolate Factory in Barangay Cogon, Panitan.
Panitan is dubbed...
High-value suspects yield P450K ‘shabu’
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – Two regional high-value suspects were collared in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao.
Efren Fabrigar Jr., 40, was...