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Jinggoy delivers ‘pork’ speech today

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Will opposition senator Jinggoy Estrada also come up with a “thank you” list? Will his speech include an audio-visual presentation...

SANDALS YIELD P7-M SHABU* Courier used again* ‘Biggest’ haul in WV

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG BACOLOD City – Sachets of suspected shabu worth P7 million and concealed in sandals and shoes were seized by Philippine Drug...

Syjuco to PNoy, TESDA chief: ‘Bobo!’

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Former Iloilo congressman Augusto “Boboy” Syjuco Jr. (2nd District) unleashed a mouthful against President Benigno Aquino III and Technical Education Skills...

3 ‘high-value’ drug suspects fall

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Three women, all “high-value” targets of the police, fell in the hands of the Iloilo City Police Anti-Illegal...

150 houses for ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Estancia

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) Panfilo Lacson is set to turn over 150 “permanent” houses to survivors of...

Guns, ammos, shabu seized

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO POTOTAN, Iloilo -- Illegal drugs, unlicensed firearms and ammunitions were recovered by the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) in Brgy. Guinacas...

PH ready to protest latest China incursion

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – As soon as it is able to come up with a clearer picture of what China is doing...

‘No interest’ loans for flood victims mulled

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has filed a bill establishing a Flood Recovery Fund that grants flood victims “no-interest” loans. “Many victims...

‘Probe MRT glitches’

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – New deals entered by Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should see suspension, said militant group Bayan Muna. Bayan Muna said MRT’s previous deals...

Denmark to reopen embassy

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Denmark has appointed a new, full-time ambassador to the Philippines scheduled to arrive on August 1 to oversee the re-opening of...