PECO hopes to overturn Poe panel’s position

ILOILO City – What’s Panay Electric Company’s (PECO) next move? Its application for franchise renewal (House Bill No. 6023) submitted in July last year yet...

62.82% of WV inmates have drug cases – BJMP

ILOILO City – Of the 9,595 inmates in Western Visayas, 62.82 percent have drug-related cases, according to Jail Superintendent Gilbert Peremne, deputy regional director...

Baronda’s priority project: geriatric center, nursing home

ILOILO City – Seeing the need to improve the services for senior citizens as mandated by the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, congressional...

7 Capiz rebels surrender to Cuartero LGU, Army

ILOILO City – Seven members of the New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered to the local government unit of Cuartero, Capiz and the Philippine...

Suspected drug group leader fled WV – police

ILOILO City – The suspected leader of the Bolivar drug group has left Western Visayas, said Senior Inspector Kennith Bermejo, chief of the Police...

Panay farmers march vs hunger, poverty

ILOILO City – Farmers from across Panay Island marched in this city to underscore the difficult situation of farmworkers, urban poor and other sectors. Dubbed...

PECO’S FATE IN SENATE’S HANDS

ILOILO City – Today the Senate Committee on Public Services chaired by Sen. Grace Poe, an Ilongga, is scheduled to hold a hearing on...

Treñas deadpans tirade of ex-mayor Mabilog

ILOILO City – Did Cong. Jerry Treñas abandon then mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog at the most difficult time of his political ally as claimed...

Graft case vs Defensor recycled issue – capitol

ILOILO – The Provincial Legal Office welcomed the graft complaint filed against Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. by former provincial administrator Manuel Mejorada. But according to...

IPPO: No irregularities in Salcedo house raid

ILOILO – Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, police provincial director, denied that policemen who searched the house of Sara, Iloilo’s Mayor Ermelita Salcedo for loose...