Complaint filed vs Capiz bet
By Felipe Celino, Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Police have filed an obstruction of justice complaint against a congressional candidate in Capiz and a businesswoman for allegedly aiding a fugitive mayoral candidate escape arrest.
Police have filed an obstruction of justice complaint against a congressional candidate in Capiz and a businesswoman for allegedly aiding a fugitive mayoral candidate escape arrest.
A state of calamity has been declared in 11 towns of Capiz that suffered from flooding at the height of Typhoon “Quinta.”
The death toll from Tropical Storm “Quinta” that hit central Philippines on Christmas Day climbed to 17 on Friday as authorities began surveying the damage to thousands of hectares of farmlands.
The residents of Roxas City and three nearby municipalities have difficulty getting their potable water requirement as the water from Panay River, the only water source, has been contaminated with silt.
A soldier was killed in an encounter between Army soldiers and communist rebels in Barangay Tacayan in Tapaz town, Capiz, on Saturday.
A businessman was shot dead last Saturday inside his restaurant on Kilometer One Street in Roxas City, Capiz.
An aunt of Capiz Archbishop Jose Advincula and three other persons were found dead in a house in the town of Dumalag in Capiz with their bodies hacked and their throats slashed, police said Wednesday.
Vice President Jejomar Binay should wonder no more why this city is named Roxas. That this is turf of his bitter rival, defeated candidate for vice president Manuel Araneta Roxas II, became clear as Binay stepped out into the streets.
The office of Vice President Jejomar Binay Wednesday reacted strongly to what the vice president’s spokesperson said was disrespect for the position of vice president shown by this city’s mayor who refused to allow Binay’s supporters to put up welcome streamers for the second highest official of the land.
Vice Mayor Abel Martinez of Mambusao town in Capiz was shot dead by a lone gunman in front of his house on Rizal Street, Poblacion proper, Mambusao, about 6 a.m. Friday.
The death toll from floods in Capiz climbed to 8 on Tuesday as the authorities reported that agricultural losses totaled P35.5 million in the town of Panay town alone.
The new archbishop of Capiz, the Most Rev. Jose Advincula, was installed at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in a Eucharistic celebration at the Roxas City Metropolitan Cathedral.
Agents from the Optical Media Bureau based in Manila seized about 150 sacks of allegedly pirated DVDs and VCDs during raids on a public market here on Friday.
