‘We liquidated CAs,’ suspended workers insist
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The five city government employees suspended for allegedly failing to liquidate cash advances (CAs) have broken their silence.
Pacita Tero,...
Jing-jing may lose post in brgy council
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Any barangay official convicted by the court may be disqualified from holding office, according to the Commission on...
CIDG TO REOPEN 3 ‘COLD CASES’
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Region 6 will reinvestigate crimes that have not yet been...
Western Visayas Zika cases now at 10
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The number of Zika virus infections in Western Visayas rose to 10.
The City Health Office (CHO) yesterday confirmed two...
Negros police verifying ‘drug matrix’
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City – The police are authenticating a “drug matrix” that local reporters received from an anonymous source.
The 14-page document contained...
Jing-jing faces imprisonment
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Four years after the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction for frustrated murder, Barangay Kagawad Jesus “Jing-jing” Espinosa Jr....
‘PUNISH SLOW CONTRACTORS’
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – How do you solve a problem like the slow construction of roads in this city?
The contractors should hire...
Drug lords’ minions hiding – PDEA
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Relentless antidrug operations have forced the minions of suspected drug lords Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr. and Richard Prevendido...
Scrutinize proposed Baciwa deal, SP urged
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A consumer group will ask the Sangguniang Panlungsod to look into a private company’s proposed joint venture with the...
Talk to kids about sex, parents told
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – One way to address teenage pregnancy is for parents to talk to their children about sex.
National Youth Commission...