27 disqualified brgy, SK poll candidates win
ILOILO City – Twenty-seven candidates who won in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) synchronized elections on Monday were actually disqualified from joining the...
What happens to SKs sans chairmen and councilors?
ILOILO City – Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) or youth councils with no chairmen or lack councilors may be filled will appointees, according to the Department...
Gun-toting reelected village chief nabbed
ILOILO City – Policemen apprehended a barangay captain at a checkpoint in Tubungan, Iloilo. He had an unlicensed gun.
On Monday around 10:30 p.m., Barangay...
VOTERS IGNORE DRUG ISSUES
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The sister of slain drug lord Richard Prevendido was reelected barangay captain of Bakhaw that...
Elections over, time to clean up – DENR
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Win or lose, candidates in yesterday’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections must be responsible enough to...
DPWH slow to replace felled trees in Pototan
ILOILO – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) acknowledged it has been slow in replacing the trees it felled to widen the...
Igbaras man arrested for violating liquor ban
ILOILO City – Thirty minutes after the two-day liquor ban commenced at 12:01 a.m. on May 13, a 24-year-old man was caught on a...
Mina barangay wary of proposed sanitary landfill
ILOILO – Some residents of Barangay Janipa-an West, Mina town are opposed to the proposed sanitary landfill in their village.
“We truly think this project...
‘Pag-ulikid’ touches lives
ILOILO City – “Pabor gid ‘ni sa mga pareho sa akon nga pigado, sa mga indi na makakadto sa babaw, sa mga nabudlayan magkadto...
‘CHOOSE WISELY’
BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Voters must reject candidates involved in illegal activities, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The casting of...