US not building military bases in PH – White House
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) will not build US military bases in the Philippines, clarified White...
Palace backs pay hike for state workers
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Malacañang supports a proposal to increase the salary of civil servants.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV recently filed Senate Bill 1689 that will...
Obama honored with Order of Sikatuna
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III conferred on US President Barack Obama the Order of Sikatuna with the highest...
SON BEHEADS MOTHER
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – A 35-year-old man with a nervous breakdown beheaded his mother using a bolo in Brgy. Bonbon, Lambunao here.
Alendry Leterato had been acting...
Motel tryst goes wrong
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A policeman is being hunted by his fellow police officers for shooting a security guard in a lodging...
NFA urged to probe rice ‘diversion’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – A Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member of San Enrique urged the National Food Authority (NFA) regional and central offices to investigate...
Traditional vs digital media
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Traditional media – newspapers, radio and television – may be credible than digital media but more and more advertisers...
‘No tree planted, no marriage license’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Councilor Powell del Rosario believes that environmental responsibility should come with getting recognized as a married couple.
He proposed...
Gov’t vows full-scale Kalibo airport dev’t
By BOY RYAN ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — Gov. Florencio Miraflores said the national government, through the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), assured the full...
Kasadya in ‘hot water’ over ‘ukay-ukay’ stalls
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City — Kasadya Bacolod is in hot water for its alleged involvement in the operation of ukay-ukay (used clothing) stalls along...