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IN BINGAWANPoor quality education traced to lack of rooms

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO BINGAWAN, Iloilo – The mayor and other municipal officials here fear that lack of classrooms in elementary and high schools would...

12 Guimaras brgys drug-affected

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA GUIMARAS – Twelve out of 98 barangays in this island province are drug-affected. These barangays, according to Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) director,...

Unknown ‘visitor’ hacks fisherman  

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – A 62-year-old fisherman was wounded while fighting back an intruder in his house in Brgy. Trapeche, Oton town. Eddie Hollera is...

Garin family treats Guimbal kids with food, school supplies

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA GUIMBAL Iloilo – A total of 2,000 native children of this municipality received pre-school opening treats from the Garin family headed by...

Businessmen seek exemption from wage hike order

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG BACOLOD City – On June 16, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas will deliberate on the petition...

Security guard shot dead

BY CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City – A security guard of Munsterific convenience store was shot dead about 2:50 a.m. on Saturday in front of...

2 shooting cases still unsolved

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG BACOLOD City – The police in Salvador Benedicto town has no leads yet on the perpetrators of two recent shooting incidents. Senior...

Display flag, public urged

BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG BACOLOD City – Mayor Monico Puentevella called on Bacolodnons to display the Philippine flag to commemorate the 116th anniversary of the country’s...

Insects threaten to wipe out coco industry

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The government is waging a war against invasive insects called Aspidiotus Rigidus that have infested coconut trees...

CIDU vows to solve Punsalan, Amiyong cases

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) is focusing on two unsolved crimes here. Supt. Peter Naboye, CIDU regional director,...