DPWH under fire for felling highway trees
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – The highway widening project in Pototan town endangers 5,123 mahogany trees growing by the roadside.
Last week, the Department of the...
‘MALACAÑANG IN NEGROS’
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City – House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez believes Negros Island Region can be the Philippines’ new seat of government.
Alvarez proposed the...
Treñas faces probe over P1-M Molo Church rehab
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Rep. Jerry Treñas faces a criminal charge for the P1-million restoration of St. Anne Parish Church in Molo,...
Business rivalry eyed in Oton shooting
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA and RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Business rivalry could be a possible motive in the killing of a retired bank security...
City hall employees undergo ‘surprise’ random drug test
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Personnel of the City Administrative and Administrator’s offices at city hall were subjected to unannounced random drug testing yesterday.
City...
‘CAPRICIOUS DECISION’
ILOILO City – The decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 39 nullifying Iloilo City Regulation Ordinance N0-2014-049 was deficient of vital facts, violates...
Bacolod ‘kap’ faces probe for ‘payroll padding’
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The barangay captain of Handumanan was charged before the Sangguniang Panlungsod for alleged payroll padding.
Ma. Febe Legaspi was facing...
Riding-in-tandem gunmen strike in Oton
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – A 64-year-old man was shot to death by riding-in-tandem gunmen yesterday morning in Oton, Iloilo.
Antonio “Tony” Borbon Sr....
More policemen secure Boracay holidaymakers
BY RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – More police officers were detailed in Boracay Island to secure tourists this holiday season.
Forty-five officers from the Police Regional...
‘SAVE OUR KIDS’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – In Western Visayas, 1,987 children are engaged in work that are mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous, and interfere...