Comelec disqualifies barangay captain
BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG
BACOLOD City – The 1st Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) voided the candidacy of a barangay captain in Cauayan, Negros...
‘Barging’ legal even sans guv’s approval – DENR
BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG
SAN CARLOS City – A top official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas said “barging” of...
Bill bans sale of human organs
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Persons who buy or sell human organs will be imprisoned for 20 years and fined P2 million, under Cong. Girdgidi Aggabao’s...
17 Pinoy seamen in hijacked oil tanker
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed that 17 Filipinos were among the 24 crewmembers of a Greek...
‘PH justice system works’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – The filing of charges against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. over their implication in...
SHABU TRACED TO ‘MUNTI’Traffickers get creative
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City – The P7 million worth of shabu seized here had been transacted inside the New Bilibid...
Farmers warned vs ‘cocolisap’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – The Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) has alerted coconut farmers in the province against possible “cocolisap” infestation.
PAO chief, Dr. Ildefonso Toledo...
Money lending collector robbed
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – A collector of a lending company was robbed in Brgy. Carmelo, Banate town.
Premrose Benedicto, 26, of Bugasong, Antique, was...
Bank sued for P31.7M
BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG
BACOLOD City – A resident here has filed a P31.7-million damage suit against one of the country’s biggest banks.
In civil complaint No....
MURCIA DRUG TESTMayor negative, 10 staff positive
BY EUGENE Y.ADIONG
MURCIA, Negros Occidental – Mayor Andrew Montelibano and 258 town officials and employees tested negative for illegal drugs. Ten municipal employees, however,...