NBI sues dealer behind ‘rice re-bag’  Â
BY HERBERT VEGO
ILOILO City – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) regional office here has filed a criminal complaint against rice dealer Dennis B....
Mayor seeks P71-M add’l budget
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Mayor Monico Puentevella has asked the city council for a supplemental budget of P71,480,645 but for Vice Mayor Greg...
90% of projects done within 2014 – DPWH
By Glenda SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – By the time this year ends, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 will have accomplished...
Mass immunization targets 1.8M WV kids
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The month-long mass immunization of children nationwide kicks off today.
In Western Visayas, a total of 1.8 million kids will...
CITY COUNCILOR FACES RAPE CHARGE
BY CYRUS M. GARDE
BACOLOD City – A member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental faces a rape charge. The complainant is the city...
Cops hold 12 persons for murder over land dispute
BY RUBY P.  SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Twelve persons were arrested in Barangay Sta. Rosa, Guimbal, Iloilo following a shooting that left one man dead and two others...
BACOLOD ‘PEOPLE’S HOUSE’ FLOODED City gov’t lawyer ‘escapes danger’
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City — Employees and several clients at the city hall here were dumbfounded upon seeing that the building’s ground floor lobby...
Truck kills traffic aide
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO and FREDA MAE SORSANO
ILOILO City — An unsuspecting 49-year-old traffic auxiliary died after he was hit by a truck on...
Ilonggo bags Palanca awards anew
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — An Ilonggo already in the Hall of Fame of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature scooped three...
3,620 houses for cops, soldiers
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City — Policemen and soldiers in Panay Island who do not have houses will soon have their own.
A total of...