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No arrest in Senate – Drilon

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday said he would not allow the three senators implicated in the pork barrel scam...

Woman hangs self

By RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City — A woman suffering from a family problem hanged herself inside the house of her lover in Zone 9,...

Negrenses rally for ‘Negros Region’

By EUGENE ADIONG KABANKALAN City — More than 200 officials and stakeholders in Negros Island yesterday gathered to declare their commitment to making “Negros Region”...

Visayan bloc eyes ‘tourism highway’

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — In Congress, the Visayas bloc will push for the realization of the “Visayan Tourism Highway.” Cong. Alfredo Benitez (Negros Occidental,...

‘Board members need vehicles’

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — For Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members, vehicles are “a necessity, not a luxury,” stressed SP member Salvador Escalante. “Board members need...

Forest fire hits Malay mountain village

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — A forest fire scorched some six hectares of public land in the hinterlands of Brgy. Nabaoy, Malay...

World-renowned doctor practices natural healing

BY HERBERT VEGO IT’S not everyday that we meet a “metabolic doctor,” but there’s one Filipino-Chinese physician who finished his MD degree from the College...

WV solons counter claims vs mega dam

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Eight congressmen from Iloilo and Guimaras have expressed support to the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project II (JRMP II). “We appreciate...

Ombudsman to charge Enrile, et al. in Sandiganbayan

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – The Ombudsman has denied the motions of reconsideration of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr., and...

Boracay ‘tourist’ nabbed for guns

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO BORACAY – This “island paradise” turned into hell Wednesday night for an adventurous “local tourist.” Jerson Relojero, 29, of Cabayugan, Malinao, Aklan was trying...