![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
Roxas City’s Milibili nat’l Lupon champ
ROXAS City – The Lupong Tagapamayapa of Barangay Milibili was declared national champion in the component city category of the 2018 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives...
Roxas VM admits ‘negligence’ in hiring ‘ghost’ employees
ROXAS City – Vice Mayor Erwin Sicad admitted that he was “negligent” in hiring the alleged “ghost employees” under the city government’s Matahum and...
DENR lifts ECC suspension on ‘complying’ Boracay businesses
ILOILO City – A few weeks before the much-awaited reopening of Boracay, Environment secretary Roy Cimatu lifted the suspension of the environmental compliance certificates...
Caticlan rape suspect falls
KALIBO, Aklan – A man accused of rape was arrested in Barangay Caticlan, Malay, Aklan, a police report showed.
Officers from the Malay municipal police...
DENR to deploy 35 env’t enforcers in Boracay
BORACAY – Some 35 environmental enforcers will be mobilized here next week – days before the scheduled island reopening on Oct. 26.
Environment secretary Roy...
Boracay boat fare doubled
BORACAY – Passengers going to this island resort through the Caticlan jetty port in mainland Malay have to pay twice the previous boat fare.
Regular...
Woman driver dies in motorcycle crash
ROXAS City – She was not as lucky as her back rider.
The 20-year-old Lovely Berlandino died in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Lawaan early...
Ex-capiz guv’s bid to junk graft case denied
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has junked the appeal of former Capiz governor Vicente Bermejo to dismiss his graft case over the alleged anomalous purchase...
7.9 hectares of Boracay agri land for Ati farmers
ILOILO City – Eight landholdings having a total land area of 7.9640 hectares in Barangay Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island have been identified as agricultural and...
Overhaul of Guimaras police officials looms
ILOILO City – For poor performance in the campaign against illegal drugs, the provincial police director of Guimaras, Senior Superintendent Julio Gustilo, and his...