Let ambulances save lives – Yap
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — A councilor here wants all ambulances in the capital city to have all basic life-saving equipment.
Councilor Cesar Yap...
5 fall in anti-drug ops
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Five illegal drug suspects were apprehended in three separate buy-bust operations in this capital town and Boracay...
Tax break for Aklanon farmers pushed
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members appealed for tax exemption or a minimal increase in real property taxes for...
‘Human, non-human bones in Boracay’
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — A medico-legal officer from the Police Regional Office 6 crime laboratory have examined the skeletal remains found in...
Boracay policemen train on tourism
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Policemen in this island resort were being trained to become more friendly and of service to tourists.
Sixty personnel...
Girl raped, stoned to death in Capiz3 suspects cleared; 3 new suspects identified
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
PRESIDENT ROXAS, Capiz — An 18-year-old woman has been raped and stoned to death in Sitio Yuko, Brgy. Goce here, police...
Bill on Panay peninsula as protected area ok’d
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the Northwest Panay Peninsula...
New Kalibo-Numancia bridge ongoing
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — The construction of the new Kalibo-Numancia bridge spanning the Aklan River is ongoing.
The P370-million new bridge is...
Relics of new saints reach Capiz
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Relics of newly canonized saints were taken to Capiz yesterday.
The solemn public exposition and veneration of the relics...
Spread of HIV ‘fast and furious’Men who have sex with men more at risk
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spreading very fast among Filipinos, a Provincial Health Office (PHO) personnel said.
There is...