![“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")
Bomb threat halts Hall of Justice court hearings
ILOILO City – Courts at the Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice on Bonifacio Drive, City Proper suspended hearings following a bomb...
Over 5,000 teachers train to become election inspectors
ILOILO City – A total of 5,272 teachers in this city and Iloilo province have started training to become election inspectors of the Commission...
Can indoor residual spraying eradicate dengue mosquitoes?
ILOILO – To curb dengue cases, indoor residual spraying was conducted in the towns of Banate, Barotac Viejo, Bingawan, Leon, Pavia, Pototan, Sara, and...
Sandiganbayan suspends Calinog mayor, 8 others
ILOILO City – Calinog, Iloilo’s Mayor Alex Centena and eight other municipal officials were slapped with a 90-day preventive suspension by the Sandiganbayan’s 7th...
BETTER HEALTHCARE: Ejercito launches hospital projects in Iloilo; cites former staff Baronda
ILOILO City – Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito led the groundbreaking rites for the P600-million Heart and Lung Center of the Western Visayas Medical Center...
9 riding-in-tandem slay cases remain unsolved
ILOILO City – When Senior Superintendent Martin Defensor took over the directorship of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) on Sept. 12, 2018 he...
Maasin dam’s water drops to critical level
ILOILO City – Water at the dam in Maasin, Iloilo has dropped to critical levels, according to Engineer Rolixto Jodieres Jr., Metro Iloilo Bulk...
Publicity stunt? Espinosa wants to swim in coliform-laden waters
ILOILO City – To dramatize his determination to clean the city’s dirty coastlines, Mayor Jose Espinosa III plans to swim in the city’s waters,...
Iloilo top Region 6 rice producer in 2018
ILOILO – This province was Western Visayas’ top rice producer in 2018, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office showed.
It produced 939,332...
‘THE HEAT IS ON’: Farmers start feeling brunt of El Niño
ILOILO City – Western Visayas farmers are starting to feel the effects of a mild El Niño, a weather phenomenon characterized by lower than...