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Roxas City’s Milibili nat’l Lupon champ

ROXAS City – The Lupong Tagapamayapa of Barangay Milibili was declared national champion in the component city category of the 2018 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives...

Roxas VM admits ‘negligence’ in hiring ‘ghost’ employees

ROXAS City – Vice Mayor Erwin Sicad admitted that he was “negligent” in hiring the alleged “ghost employees” under the city government’s Matahum and...

DENR lifts ECC suspension on ‘complying’ Boracay businesses

ILOILO City – A few weeks before the much-awaited reopening of Boracay, Environment secretary Roy Cimatu lifted the suspension of the environmental compliance certificates...

Caticlan rape suspect falls

KALIBO, Aklan – A man accused of rape was arrested in Barangay Caticlan, Malay, Aklan, a police report showed. Officers from the Malay municipal police...

DENR to deploy 35 env’t enforcers in Boracay

BORACAY – Some 35 environmental enforcers will be mobilized here next week – days before the scheduled island reopening on Oct. 26. Environment secretary Roy...

Boracay boat fare doubled

BORACAY – Passengers going to this island resort through the Caticlan jetty port in mainland Malay have to pay twice the previous boat fare. Regular...

Woman driver dies in motorcycle crash

ROXAS City – She was not as lucky as her back rider. The 20-year-old Lovely Berlandino died in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Lawaan early...

Ex-capiz guv’s bid to junk graft case denied

MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has junked the appeal of former Capiz governor Vicente Bermejo to dismiss his graft case over the alleged anomalous purchase...

7.9 hectares of Boracay agri land for Ati farmers

ILOILO City – Eight landholdings having a total land area of 7.9640 hectares in Barangay Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island have been identified as agricultural and...

Overhaul of Guimaras police officials looms

ILOILO City – For poor performance in the campaign against illegal drugs, the provincial police director of Guimaras, Senior Superintendent Julio Gustilo, and his...