Drilon passes buck to NIA Region 6
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — Senate President Franklin Drilon was tightlipped on the issue that indigenous peoples (IPs) were not consulted about the P11.2-billion...
‘Remove signage during storms’
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City — City councilors here want Mayor Monico Puentevella to strictly implement the ordinance mandating the removal of billboards and signage...
DBM TOLD: ‘COME CLEAN ON DAP’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Where did the billions of pesos of Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds go? The Department of Budget and Management...
Negros backs PNoy
BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG
BACOLOD City – All but one member of Negros Occidental’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) signed a manifesto expressing support to President Benigno...
Plunder case bad for Binay – ‘ex-ally’
BY HERBERT VEGO
BORACAY – An Ilonggo politician on vacation here (name withheld upon request) believes that the plunder case against Vice President Jejomar Binay...
2 men die of AIDS in Iloilo
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City –Two men from Iloilo province died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the Provincial Health Office (PHO) confirmed.
The men were...
MEGA DAM FACES GLITCHES Protection order sought for ‘procedural lapses’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Those opposing the multibillion-peso Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project (JRMP) II in Calinog, Iloilo are seeking a Temporary Environmental Protection...
Pa rapes daughter for 5 years
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A 40-year-old father allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter repeatedly in the last five years in a barangay in Miag-ao,...
‘Unequal’ project distribution slammed
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – “We have to be fair,” complained Iloilo’s 1st District Provincial Board member Ninfa Garin.
Her district had not been equitably...
‘Illegal quarry’ in Sipalay
BY EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City – Private individuals are allegedly quarrying sand and gravel in Sipalay City’s Barangay Nabulao without the necessary permit.
The Provincial Environment...