Guerilla-type illegal gambling confronts police – Tayaba
ILOILO – Illegal gambling is a problem in around “65 percent” or 30 Iloilo municipalities, according to Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, director of the...
NBI denies slain drug suspect a civilian agent
ILOILO City – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 6 denied that drug suspect Andrew Altas who was killed in a police operation...
Cutting of trees in Pototan continues
ILOILO City – The cutting of trees in Pototan, Iloilo continues.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) approved the renewal of a cutting...
MIWD VS JOE
ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III may face criminal and administrative charges for appointing five new members to the Metro Iloilo Water District...
Special bullet used on Kap Remia
ILOILO City – One of the five bullets that hit Barangay Captain Remia Prevendido Gregori of Bakhaw, Mandurriao district was a special bullet designed...
Bong won’t spill results of animal hub probe
BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental vice governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson won’t issue any statement regarding the investigation into the controversial animal hub project...
Jeepney rams tree; 2 killed, 1 hurt
ILOILO City – A wayward passenger jeepney hit a tree in Barangay Igtubli, Tubungan, Iloilo. Two passengers died while one was injured.
The accident happened...
Panay militants gird for ‘big’ anti-SONA protest
ILOILO City – The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Panay vowed to hold bigger protests when President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his third State of...
Over 200 people seen to benefit from new road
ILOILO – Around 275 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) could benefit from the newly completed 3.7-kilometer concrete farm-to-market road in Dumangas town.
Agrarian Reform secretary John...
‘KAP’ SLAIN OVER DRUGS – POLICE
BY RUBY SILUBRICO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Drug trafficking had something to do with the death of Barangay Captain Remia Prevendido Gregori of...