Trader held up in Kabankalan
By CYRUS M. GARDE
BACOLOD City — A market vendor has been held up at gunpoint in Sitio Maba-og, Barangay Bantayan, Kabankalan City.
Three suspects waylaid...
HOLIDAY DRUG SALE BUSTED Silay City man falls in buy-bust
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — A native of Silay City, Negros Occidental thought a holiday would be a good day to sell...
Kalibo agri technologist Dangal ng Bayan awardee
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — An agricultural technologist of the municipal government here has been chosen as a Dangal ng Bayan awardee...
Motorcycle crashes into crane; driver killed
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
PONTEVEDRA, Capiz — A 26-year old man died after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a crane in Barangay Malagit...
‘Transport sector pays for Roxas’ bank loan’
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — It seems that the transport sector is shouldering the loan that the city government has to pay, a...
‘No coup plot against PNoy’
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — What coup d’état?
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff yesterday denied that a military coup against...
DAP projects inventory ongoing
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA — Government agencies were directed to report the status of Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)-funded projects to determine which...
GOV’T ACCUSED OF BRIBING PRO-DAM IPs
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter and FREDA MAE SORSANO
MANILA – The national government is bribing indigenous peoples (IPs) into supporting a risky mega dam...
Bacolod needs more water
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – This highly urbanized city is growing and needs more clean and potable water.
The Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) sources water from...
Iloilo solons don yellow ribbons for PNoy
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Legislators from Iloilo province and city wore yellow ribbons on their barongs during President Benigno Aquino III’s fifth State...