CIDG targets rice hoarders

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG and EDITH COLMO BACOLOD City – Warehouses across Negros Occidental face inspection for possible rice hoarding. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...

CONFUSION Police blamed for Salcedo’s ‘unwarranted’ arrest

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – “Shocked” was how Mayor Neptali Salcedo of Sara, Iloilo felt upon learning that the Sandiganbayan had issued an...

AQUINO TWITS SC RULING DAP funds 2 Iloilo projects

BY SAMMY JULIAN, Manila News Bureau Chief<br /> and PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter MANILA – The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funded two infrastructure projects in Iloilo,...

Bizmen concerned about crimes, drugs

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Crimes and illegal drugs scare tourists and investors away. Authorities and communities should take preemptive measures. Iloilo Business Club (IBC)...

Negros monitors markets for red tide products

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental is on province-wide red tide alert. Local agriculturists most especially those in coastal areas have been ordered...

‘AMBITIOUS PROJECT’ Defensor cool on proposed Panay LRT

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – “Too ambitious a project” was how Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. described the proposed Light Railway Transport (LRT) system from this city...

Drivers snub new city proposal

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Provincial jeepney drivers rejected the counteroffer of the city government that would allow provincial jeepneys without car passes to...

Monico stonewalling abattoir permit

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Despite the City Legal Office’s favorable endorsement, Mayor Monico Puentevella has refused to issue a business permit to AVM...

Region’s No. 7 ‘most wanted’ man arrested

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ No. 7 most wanted person was arrested in Barangay Poblacion, Ibajay, Aklan on July 20 after 11 years...

WOMEN CHARGED FOR CYBERSEX

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Four women and the owner of the boarding house which served as a cybersex den in Lapuz district were...