Jejomar Binay invades Mar Roxas country
By Christian V. Esguerra
It took a while for the crowd to warm up to the man in shades waving at them from a truck where he led the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) motorcade here Tuesday.

It took a while for the crowd to warm up to the man in shades waving at them from a truck where he led the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) motorcade here Tuesday.
A state of calamity has been declared in 11 towns of Capiz that suffered from flooding at the height of Typhoon “Quinta.”

Four people were killed, including a two-month old baby, after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a van in Capiz Thursday afternoon, police said Friday.

An internal security officer of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. in Cebu City who took P2.8 million from the Casino Filipino in Mandaue City last month has surrendered to the police in the town of Panay in Capiz, police said Friday.
A woman abandoned by her live-in partner vented her anger on her employer and her two children, killing them before killing herself in a Capiz town, according to police Wednesday.

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.

Whereas before some visitors would bring garlic for protection against the aswang, Capiz officials now could remind them not to forget to bring garlic to spice up their sawsawan (sauce) for seafood.

Army troops seized a temporary encampment of the New People’s Army fighters who were training their members on bomb making in Capiz Monday morning, the military said.

MANILA, Philippines – Landmine components allegedly used in the making of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were turned over to authorities by concerned citizens in Capiz province, an Army spokesman said Friday. One concerned individual surrendered to authorities Wednesday morning five kilos of ammonium nitrate, 400 grams of Trinitrotoluene (TNT), two blasting caps, and two detonating [...]
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.

A former village official in Roxas City, Capiz, received a slap on the wrist for failing to submit his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) in 2006.
An 81-year-old vice mayor in Capiz was shot dead on Friday morning by a lone gunman outside his house in Barangay Poblacion Proper, Mambusao town, about 45 kilometers southeast of this city.

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.