![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
2 ‘pushers’ slain in separate drug ops
ILOILO City – Two drug personalities were killed in separate police operations in Jaro district and Oton, Iloilo.
One of them is the 39-year-old Emerson...
AFTERNOON INFERNO: Fire razes 51 houses in Bolilao, Mandurriao
ILOILO City – Fire struck a neighborhood in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao district yesterday afternoon, totally gutting 48 houses and damaging portions of three more. The...
Illegal posters test Comelec’s patience
ILOILO City – Between Feb. 25 and March 16 the Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed 1,560 illegal election campaign materials in this city and...
Most wanted person in MIMAROPA falls in Iloilo
ILOILO City – The No. 1 most wanted person in the MIMAROPA region (Region 4-B or Southern Tagalog region) has been arrested in Barangay...
Fewer typhoons this year due to El Niño
ILOILO City – The number of tropical cyclones that will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this year will be fewer than in...
Senior citizen, 63, accuses poultry caretaker of rape
ILOILO – A 63-year-old woman complained to the municipal police station of Barotac Viejo that a poultry caretaker raped her.
She was sexually assaulted around...
‘I’LL FACE THEM IN COURT’: BLGF reg’l director backs city treasurer
ILOILO City – City Treasurer Jinny Hermano acted in accordance with “proper disbursement of public funds” when he turned down Mayor Jose Espinosa III’s...
2,120 barangays in WV ‘drug-cleared’
ILOILO City – More than half – 2,120 – of Western Visayas’ barangays have been declared “drug-cleared” or “officially unaffected” by the Regional Oversight...
Bingawan mayor mulls state of calamity due to El Niño
ILOILO – Mayor Mark Palabrica of Bingawan town asked his Sangguniang Bayan (SB) to declare a state of calamity so the municipal government can...
Repeal of passé ‘anti-bike’ city ordinance pushed
ILOILO City – This city was proclaimed the “most bike-friendly” in the country during the PhilBike Awards in September last year.
Just recently, however, it...