‘No hot imported meat in Negros’
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Imported meats sold in Negros Occidental and this city are “not sick or hot meat,” assured the Provincial Veterinary...
3 Iloilo men fall in Boracay drug bust
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Three men from Iloilo were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in this island resort.
The suspects were identified...
Not all PUVs on strike
By RALPH JOHN MIJARES
ROXAS City — Not all public utility vehicles in Capiz were on “transport holiday” yesterday.
Leading the strike was the transport group...
City hall rapped for ‘lame’ excuse
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Corruption should not be made an excuse to transfer to private hands the delivery of basic services.
So said Negrense congressman Neri...
100 car passes for prov’l jeepneys
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The city government will allocate 100 car passes to provincial public utility jeepneys (PUJs).
According to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias,...
25 rescue boats for Region 6
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – As it turned 31 years old yesterday, the Philippine Coast Guard – Western Visayas became more equipped.
The region’s Coast...
‘Racist’ Singaporean blogger targets Pinoys
BY SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Philippines has asked Singapore to take the appropriate action against a blogger who proposed a five-point...
UN backs ‘citizen empowerment hubs’
BY SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Philippines has won the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Social Innovation Fund for Anti-Corruption for its...
‘MONEY LEAKS OUT OF MIWD’P50-M losses seen this year
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – It’s not just the water. Money, too, is leaking out of Iloilo City’s Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) to the point...
PDEA: 4 high-value targets in Dueñas
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
DUEÑAS, Iloilo – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) are targeting four...