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A high school student died while 16 others were injured in a four-vehicle accident yesterday in Barangay Tigbauan Road, Cabatuan, Iloilo.

Agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol lambasted the sugar planters and farmworkers who staged a protest against the importation and use of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) on Monday.

Without fanfare a few months ago, Councilor Plaridel Nava withdrew the libel complaint he filed against Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) received text messages claiming suspected drug lord Richard “Buang” Prevendido of Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao district was planning to surrender peacefully.

A pregnant woman and seven other persons were trapped in an elevator on the seventh floor of city hall around 11:45 a.m. yesterday.

Coke lovers, you might get disappointed.

The Chinese government may fund the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridges project as the Duterte administration plays down the country’s territorial dispute with Asia’s superpower.

A company based in Beijing will conduct a feasibility study on the proposed revival of the Panay railway system – another sign of the warming of relations between the Philippines and China.

Opponents of the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) calling for the boycott of beverage companies using the alternative sweetener will gather in three areas before heading to the main rally site today – in front of the Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, Inc. bottling plant in Barangay Mansilingan.

Six Iloilo towns can be special economic zones, a feasibility study of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) showed.