Buy-bust nets P800-T ‘shabu’
BY CYRUS GARDE and RANIE AZUE
BACOLOD City – A late-night buy-bust operation led to the recovery of suspected shabu worth some P800,000 in Hacienda...
Mega dam breaks ground on Oct. 4
ILOILO – The groundbreaking for the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Phase II (JRMP II) in the municipality of Calinog is on Oct. 4
It...
52 sachets of ‘shabu’ seized
ILOILO City – Fifty-two plastic packs of suspected shabu were seized in separate police operations on Wednesday.
Two drug-pushing suspects were arrested: Eljhon Arbolado, 31,...
BIZMEN DEFY JOE: Over 20 establishments flout ‘alcohol curfew’
ILOILO City – Over 20 establishments were violating the city government’s 2 a.m. curfew on the sale of alcoholic beverages, according to the Public...
Drug war claims 64th WV casualty
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – A barangay councilman of Jelicuon Montinola, Cabatuan, Iloilo died in an antidrug operation of...
86 illegal fishers caught in N. Iloilo
ILOILO – A total of 86 fishermen were apprehended for illegal fishing in the waters of the northern towns of Concepcion and Carles early...
Boat catches fire off Sibuyan Sea
KALIBO, Aklan – Five fishermen had been rescued after their motorboat caught fire off Sibuyan Sea.
The 39-year-old boat captain Felipe Abelardo Jr. said he...
‘Crime group leader’ caught in house raid
BACOLOD City – The alleged leader of a criminal group operating in southern Negros Occidental was arrested in a raid at Jaime Subdivision in...
‘Duterte order against Trillanes’ amnesty not an arrest warrant’
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation voiding Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s amnesty cannot be considered a warrant of arrest, the president of the Integrated...
‘LAWFUL ORDER’
ILOILO City – The rift between board members of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) won’t affect the imposition of the P2...