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,...