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Banks, pawnshops, jewelry stores warned vs robbers

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Banks, pawnshops and jewelry stores have been alerted about robbery groups operating in Western Visayas. These armed groups are...

Calinog fugitive falls

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Joint operatives of the Lambunao and Calinog municipal police stations caught the No. 9 most wanted person in Calinog,...

Baciwa directors defy Monico ‘Outsider’ takes over as OIC general manager

By MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — Defying Mayor Monico Puentevella’s order banning them from Bacolod City Water District’s (Baciwa) premises, three directors went to the...

Bacolod man hacks neighbors

By MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City — A couple’s affairs must be none of the neighbors’ business. Suspecting that they helped his live-in partner escape, a man...

Unarmed guard ‘fails’ to prevent stabbing

By CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City — All security guards in hospitals must be armed, the Isabela municipal police chief stressed. Senior Inspector Ramil Sarona believes...

Vintage cannon, bomb found in Roxas City

By RALPH JOHN MIJARES ROXAS City — A vintage cannon and a suspected vintage bomb were found by five fishermen in Barangay Barra. Weighing more or...

Aklan dengue cases surge 49 percent

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Dengue cases in Aklan rose during the first seven months of the year, most of which were...

Solons seek another environmental body

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Two legislators proposed the creation of an independent agency that will push for environmental protection and conservation. Representatives Rufus Rodriguez...

Tablet PCs for poor students

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Students from low-income family and indigenous people communities may soon be provided with “electronic readers and tablets.” Sen. Miriam Defensor–Santiago...

Day care workers’ benefits pushed

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Considering their role in the development of children, day care center workers must compensated in “the best way,” according...