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Mambukal retirement hotel mulled

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — A Japanese investor plans to put up a retirement hotel at the provincial government-run Mambukal Resort in Brgy. Minoyan,...

‘Bring new PH-US defense deal to SC’

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Two senators – Franklin Drilon and Antonio Trillanes IV – urged those who question the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation...

Aquino defends human rights record

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – As far as President Benigno Aquino III is concerned, his administration’s track record in addressing extrajudicial killings of journalists...

‘Clear drug-affected brgys’

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – Provincial police director, Senior Supt. Cornelio Salinas ordered all his police chiefs to tighten watch on suspected illegal drugs...

Task group vows to solve Ibajay bank exec’s slay

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan -- The police has activated a task group to lead the investigation and the speedy resolution of the...

Investigation on Leganes ‘illegal’ quarry starts

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO – A fact-finding committee created by the provincial government has commenced its investigation on the alleged illegal quarrying in Leganes town. Committee chairman, Atty....

Water spat alarms Iloilo governor

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO - Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. vowed to help settle the ongoing rift between the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and bulk water supplier...

AFP, PNP deploy maximum force

Labor Day rallies today ILOILO City - Across Western Visayas, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are deploying...

NGOs vital to country’s growth – Villar

KALIBO, Aklan — Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are important in the country’s growth and development, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar was the keynote speaker in the...

New elders’ groups officials inducted

ROXAS City — New officials of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines (FSCAP), Inc.’s provincial and municipal chapters in Capiz have...