IPPO nets 19 guns in a week

ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) recovered 19 loose firearms in a week – from March 7 to March 13. Two were seized each...

Man, 60, charged with ‘acts of lasciviousness’

ILOILO City – A senior citizen was arrested yesterday in his house in Barangay M.V. Hechanova, Jaro district, The 60-year-old Jerry Jacar, charged with acts...

5 nabbed for ‘cockfighting’

ILOILO City – Five persons were arrested for alleged illegal cockfighting on Saturday in Barangay Jamog, Tigbauan, Iloilo. The following suspects were detained at the...

Freed inmate nabbed anew for ‘shabu’

ILOILO City – A newly released person deprived of liberty (PDL) was arrested anew on Saturday at around 4:45 p.m. in an anti-drug operation...

Barangay tanod shot dead

ILOILO – A barangay tanod (village watchman) was found dead in Barangay Central, Ajuy town on March 11 around 6 a.m.  Rene Guanzon was 46...

Parricide suspect falls in Santa Barbara

ILOILO – A man accused of trying to kill a member of his family was arrested Barangay Poblacion, Santa Barbara town on Thursday. Roberto Guyos,...
Drug syndicates expect protection from election candidates they support, according to Director Alex Tablate of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas.

PDEA frowns on candidates cozying up to drug traffickers

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is wary of candidates in the upcoming elections seeking financial support from drug syndicates. It’s usually...

Man nabbed for child abuse

ILOILO City – A man charged with child abuse was arrested on March 8 in Barangay Poblacion, Dueñas, Iloilo. James Arky Gasoso, 21, of Barangay...

Pavia resident yields homemade gun

ILOILO City – Policemen on mobile patrol apprehended a man carrying a homemade 12-gauge shotgun in Barangay Amparo Pavia, Iloilo on Monday. The 57-year-old Deliserio...

City council keeps virtual sessions despite Bacolod’s shift to ‘new normal’

BACOLOD City – Notwithstanding this city’s shift to Alert Level 1 or the “new normal” from Alert Level 2, the city council will continue...