Rice retailers decry ‘harassment’
By Glenda SOLOGASTOA
SAN ENRIQUE, Iloilo – The Alyansa Ng Industriya ng Bigas (ANIB)-Iloilo condemned alleged acts of harassment directed against their members / rice...
DTI monitors prices of school supplies
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6 has started monitoring the prices of school supplies. The school...
‘Balut’ vendor murdered
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
CALINOG, Iloilo – A 21-year-old balut vendor was found dead yesterday in a grassy area of Brgy. Canabajan, this municipality.
The police said Rommel...
Militants renew call: ‘Justice for Capalla!’
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
OTON, Iloilo – Justice has not been served yet to the family of slain businessman Romeo Capalla, a former rebel.
This was...
Miriam protests inclusion in ‘pork’ list
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago dismissed as “falsified” and “fictitious” the list of solons, prepared by whistleblower Benhur Luy,...
OFWs fret over defective e-passports
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East have expressed concern over the issuance of an estimated...
Taipei clears Pinay in robbery case
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has filed charges against a Taiwanese lawyer for falsely accusing a Filipino...
Does PH need a Dep’t of Culture?
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Sen. Loren Legarda is pushing for the creation of a Department of Culture aimed at strengthening and protecting Philippine...
Descallar: Cop behind my reliefPoliceman claims he’s deprived of due process
By CYRUS M. GARDE
BACOLOD City — Supt. Jefferson Descallar, accused of getting involved in illegal drugs, had been relieved as deputy director for operations...
Small-time fishers slam illegal fishing
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — A group of small-time fishermen in Negros Occidental and its partner institution have expressed support to the provincial government’s...