24.66% decline in city crimes – police
ILOILO City – From last year’s 7,433 crimes recoded in this city from Jan. 1 to Sept. 13, this year’s crime figures within the...
MORTARS VS REBELS: Army seeks tougher anti-NPA tactic
BY IME SORNITO and RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Several Philippine Army soldiers in Western Visayas have trained in handling mortars during combats with the...
Jerry calls Jam-jam ‘congresswoman-to-be’
ILOILO City – At a gathering of a civic organization in Jaro district on Saturday, Rep. Jerry Treñas called former councilor Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda...
‘Illegal gun traders’ fall in Calinog sting op
ILOILO City – An entrapment resulted in the arrest of two suspected gunrunners in Barangay Poblacion Centro, Calinog, Iloilo.
The operation led the Calinog police...
‘HOLIDAY CRIMES’
BY GLENDA TAYONA and RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Theft and the infliction of physical harm are the most prevalent crimes in this city, according...
Another political ally drops Treñas
ILOILO City – Like Councilor Eduardo Peñaredondo, Councilor Liezl Zulueta Salazar, a long-time political ally of Cong. Jerry Treñas, has also decided to leave...
Protesters liken Du30 to Marcos
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Yesterday’s commemoration of the declaration of martial law 46 years ago during the Marcos dictatorship turned...
‘Pushers’ sell fake shabu – PDEA
ILOILO City – Some drug traffickers sell fake shabu, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6.
“The dismantling of a numbers of...
MOCK POLL FALLOUT
ILOILO City – Did Cong. Jerry Treñas see this coming? The mock election he initiated among 160 barangay captains and coordinators forced a long-time...
Dela Fuente brothers: Iloilo’s sons lost to Marcos’ martial law
IN 1972, exactly 46 years ago today, dictator Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 declaring Martial Law.
What followed was an era of oppression and...