Bing wants school in relocation site
Mayor Evelio Leonadia asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to open a high school in a relocation site.
STRIKERS MAY LOSE FRANCHISES
The strike of passenger jeepney drivers and operators yesterday was a violation of their franchises, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 6.
Drilon ousted as Senate president pro tempore
Sen. Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party (LP) was ousted as Senate president pro tempore at the start of the plenary session yesterday afternoon.
5 arrested in suspected int’l swindling op
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents caught in Fort San Pedro five people allegedly involved in a “worldwide” syndicated fraud that victimized a woman from the island province of Guimaras.
Phaseout of old PUVs necessary – Marañon
Public utility vehicles (PUVs) 15 years and older should be phased out, said Negros Occidental governor Alfredo G. Marañon Jr.
OFF THE STREETS!
The strike of passenger jeepneys today has forced the city government to suspended classes in public and private schools in all levels.
STL legal but immoral – Bacolod priest
Small Town Lottery (STL) may be legal but it is immoral, a priest in the Diocese of Bacolod stressed.
Ex-village chief faces raps for kilo of shabu
Today, the former barangay captain of Intaluan, Pototan, Iloilo from whose house one kilo of shabu was recovered on Saturday will be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Village councilman shot dead over land row; suspect flees
A village councilman was shot dead and his companion wounded in Barangay Ilas Sur, Dao, Capiz.
EX-‘KAP’ BUSTED
Shabu worth P8 million was seized from the former barangay captain of Intaluan, Pototan, Iloilo – the biggest shabu haul of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas so far this year.