No total ban on ‘paraw’ in Boracay, clarifies DENR
BORACAY – Island hopping and sailboat (paraw) activities in this world-famous island will not be totally banned, according to the Environment department.
They will only...
Salcedo scion hits police ‘overkill’
ILOILO – An “overkill” was how a daughter of former Sara, Iloilo mayor Neptali Salcedo described Wednesday’s predawn gun raid of her father’s house.
Policemen...
Bacolod VM backs mandatory drug test for poll bets
BACOLOD City – Who’s afraid of a drug test? Not Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran.
That was what Familiaran claimed as he expressed supposed to...
Sara mayor cleared but hubby faces illegal gun raps
ILOILO – Mayor Ermelita Salcedo of the municipality of Sara was released several hours after she was taken into police custody when her house...
Comelec closely monitors NegOcc ‘election hotspots’
BACOLOD City – The merger between two political groups in Negros Occidental does not mean the Commission on Elections would no longer monitor “election...
3 Garins slug it out for 1st Dist.’s House seat
ILOILO – On the last day of the five-day period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2019 midterm elections, the...
4-cornered fight for Iloilo City mayor
ILOILO City – A new group claiming to have the support of President Rodrigo Duterte is fielding a complete line-up for elective posts in...
Building new Freedom Grandstand a race against time
ILOILO City – It is going to be the Dinagyang season three months from now. Will the new Freedom Grandstand be completed in time...
Laywer, radioman vs Bacolod’s Bing
BACOLOD City – Two persons – one a lawyer and the other a media man – will oppose reelectionist Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia in...
Army general challenges Salcedos’ reign in Sara
ILOILO City – Can a former commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division end the decades-old reign of the Salcedos in Sara, Iloilo?
Retired...