Australia pledges $143-M assistance
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – Australia will provide an estimated P5.7 billion (A$143 million) in official development assistance to the Philippines this year until...
Ayalin hauled off to Silay jail
By CYRUS M. GARDE and EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Murder suspect Noel Ayalin had been detained in the Silay City police station jail under...
Binay: I’m running for president
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Vice President Jejomar Binay was quite straightforward when he revealed his plan for 2016 during his visit in this...
Cauayan upland villagers access solar power
By EUGENE ADIONG
CAUAYAN — Twenty-four households in the upland barangay of Camalandaan in this town can now make use of solar energy.
They were given solar panels...
SP asked: Back gov’t salary hike
By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — The Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE) asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to support the passage of the proposed...
P6-B projects for Kalibo airport
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is embarking on P6 billion worth of projects for the...
Boracay breaks ‘massage chain’ world record but…
By BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY — Thousands of massage therapists and volunteers took part in this island’s attempt to break the Guinness world record...
NO APEC WATER SHORTAGE, MIWD VOWS
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) vows to deliver sufficient water in time for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)...
15 WV colleges seek tuition hike
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – From 25, the number of private colleges and universities in Western Visayas seeking hike in tuition and miscellaneous fees...
Couple, kin nabbed for illegal drugs
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
DUMANGAS, Iloilo – A couple and a relative fell into a dragnet conducted by the police here in Brgy. PD Monfort...