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300 bizmen eye 120 CyberCentre spaces

By EUGENE ADIONG BACOLOD City — About 300 businessmen want to lease relatively fewer spaces available in the soon-to-open Negros First CyberCentre. They filed on Tuesday...

Akelco GM to retire

By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan — Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) general manager Chito Peralta has announced that he will retire effective June 30 this year. Peralta informed Akelco’s Board...

‘SPORTIVO’ OWNER AGREES TO PAY P2.1M

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA GUIMARAS – The provincial government here and affected residents will no longer pursue court charges against the owner of M/V Sportivo that...

MIWD water pipes ‘tampered’

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Metro Iloilo Water District’s (MIWD) distribution pipes in a posh subdivision may have been tampered. According to OIC general manager...

2 killed, 30 injured in Passi road accident

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO PASSI, City – A vehicular accident in Brgy. Agtabo here left two dead and 30 others hospitalized. Jeepney passengers Rodalyn Quitane, 36,...

Ex-soldier wanted for shooting neighbor

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – Policemen are hunting a former member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for shooting a neighbor in Brgy....

‘Be vigilant vs robbers’

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – The province’s police director, Senior Supt. Cornelio Salinas, yesterday warned the public to be vigilant against lawless elements. “I urge house...

DA officials charged before Ombudsman

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Four Department of Agriculture (DA) officials face criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly...

PNoy raises alarm over transnational crimes

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III urged the police heads of various Southeast Asian countries to ensure that organized criminal groups...

Alternative fuel vehicles pushed

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Bam Aquino is pushing to exempt manufacturers or importers of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) from the payment of excise...