3-storey bldg in Roxas under way
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — A three-storey building here, whose completion was stalled due to lack of funds, was being revived by Mayor...
Ex-Roxas water czar denies approving additional loan
BY RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City – Former Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) general manager Medardo Pestaño denied he approved a P193-million additional loan for...
‘Pass-on charges needed’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — The Capiz Electric Cooperative (Capelco) has to collect pass-on charges, including generation and transmission costs, and taxes, its...
‘Some execs don’t pay power bills on time’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Some government officials in the province are not paying their monthly electric bills on time, the Capiz Electric...
2 wanted fugitives fall after 25 years
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
MALAY, Aklan – The two most wanted persons in Aklan province, hiding for 25 years, ran out of luck.
They were arrested...
Batang Pinoy Visayas leg in Kalibo
BY CYRUS M. GARDE
KALIBO, Aklan – This capital town will play host to the Visayas leg of Batang Pinoy from August 21 to 25, the Philippine Sports...
Businessmen seek exemption from wage hike order
BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG
BACOLOD City – On June 16, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas will deliberate on the petition...
Forest fire hits Malay mountain village
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — A forest fire scorched some six hectares of public land in the hinterlands of Brgy. Nabaoy, Malay...
Grocery store in Mambusao robbed
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
MAMBUSAO, Capiz — A grocery store on Samson St., Brgy. Poblacion Tabuc here has been robbed by still unidentified suspects.
The culprits...
Boracay tourist arrivals up 9%
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Tourist arrivals in this island resort registered a 9.63 percent growth in the first five months of this...