Pangilinan seeks probe into LTFRB’s flagged budget
MANILA – Senator Francis Pangilinan on Thursday called for an inquiry into the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)’s utilization of its Service...
Buy-bus nets two men
BACOLOD City – About P272,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated from two suspects in a buy-bust operation of Police Station 7 .
The suspects...
Ilonggo jins nab medals in online taekwondo tilt
MANILA – Iloilo MVP Taekwondo Gym standouts Cyd Edryc Esmaña and Julianna Martha Uy made the country proud with their podium finishes in the...
Child abuse suspect falls
BACOLOD City – A man charged with child abuse was arrested in Barangay Chambery, Manapla, Negros Occidental.
Fifty-one-year-old Romilo Calimpong was caught around 8 p.m....
Young boy, elderly woman Bacolod’s new ‘Delta’ cases
BACOLOD City – Two more cases of the more transmissible Delta variant of the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were detected in this...
Kalibo’s average daily COVID cases up 53%
KALIBO, Aklan – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here has significantly increased by 53 percent, according to OCTA Research.
It placed the...
Casimero edges Rigondeaux to defend bantamweight title
MANILA – Filipino boxing sensation John Riel Casimero remained the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight king after a split decision win over Cuban Guillermo...
Iloilo City MECQ by Aug. 16; no more border curbs
ILOILO City – After over a month under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), this city would de-escalate to the lighter modified ECQ beginning Monday...
Haydee Coloso-Espino, greatest Pinay swimmer, dies at 83
MANILA – Ilongga Haydee Coloso-Espino, considered one of the greatest Filipina swimmers, passed away at the age of 83 on Thursday in Mandurriao, Iloilo.
Philippine...
Robredo’s camp accuses admin, trolls of diverting attention from DOH’s ‘deficiencies’
MANILA – The administration should spend its time investigating the supposed deficiencies in the management of the P67-billion funds of the Department of Health...