Baciwa’s Carbon not ready to go

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – All her bags are packed but she’s not ready to go. Suspended Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) general manager Juliana...

Anti-pork groups court Ilonggos

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA and MAE SINGUAY ILOILO City – Multi-sectoral rallies launched the People’s Initiative signature campaign against the pork barrel system here and Bacolod...

Hearing up for Ceneco power contract

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – A public hearing on the power purchase contract between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and power producer Energreen Power...

Wanted: More witnesses, info on Capalla slay

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is trying to play down the dismissal of the murder case it filed...

MEGA DAM DESIGN COMPLETE

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The detailed engineering design (DED) of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project – Phase II (JRMP-II) in Calinog, Iloilo...

Violence vs women highest in WV

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Over 15,700 cases of violence against women (VAW) have been reported in the first half of 2014. Of the total...

BACOLOD SLAUGHTERHOUSE ROW Operator hauls city hall to court

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — The operator of the city’s slaughterhouse in Barangay Handumanan here has urged the court to compel the city government...

Birth simulation illegal DSWD: Go for legal adoption

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Those wanting to adopt children must follow the legal processes or be charged criminally for birth simulation. “Legal adoption is the...

Suicide, cops say of mother, child death

BY CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City – Investigators ruled out foul play in the death of a woman and her three-year-old daughter at Room 20...

Farmer’s house yields guns, ammos,

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Homemade guns, ammunitions and a grenade were seized from a farmer’s house in Barangay Talongadian, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. The Regional Criminal Investigation...