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Four boys in Ajuy town were accused of sexually assaulting their 11-year-old friend at a farm near a school. The alleged rape happened on Monday, but the police learned about it from the victim’s foster parents only on Thursday, according to Senior Inspector Charlie Sustento, municipal police chief.

Police arrested the general manager of the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) on Friday for grave oral defamation.

Women, most especially those on night shift, are exposed to many dangers. They must be alert all the time, according to the Iloilo City Police Office’s Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD).

This city made a good impression on the participants of the two meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from March 6 to 9, according to the City Tourism Office.

A lawyer for Rep. Melecio Yap Jr. (1st District, Negros Occidental) urged the families of the victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in Escalante City to stop going after the congressman.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is playing down the abduction of two call center agents at a mall in Mandurriao district as an “isolated case.”

A string of criminal complaints were filed yesterday against the three men who abducted a young couple at the parking area of a mall in Mandurriao district.

Untreated wastewater is causing algal blooms in Boracay Island, a research of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 last year showed.

Except for Emmanuel Billones (Capiz, 1st District), all representatives from Western Visayas voted to pass on third and final reading the House bill seeking the revival of the death penalty.

A couple was abducted at the parking area of a mall in Barangay San Rafael, Mandurriao district, and their sport utility vehicle stolen while the city was supposedly under tight security due to the ongoing meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).