Tricycles are becoming a major option in the mobility of people in Kalibo, Aklan.

Kalibo eyes night-service for ‘colorum’ tricycles

KALIBO, Aklan – The local government here is studying the possibility of allowing existing colorum or franchise-less tricycles to continue operating at night. Tricycles are...

3 BACOLOD BRGYS TOLD: ‘Liquidate 2022 MassKara fund or…’ 

BACOLOD City – The city government has given three barangays five days to liquidate the funds for last year's MassKara Festival. The barangays were...
Joint elements of the Carles Municipal Police Station - Drug Enforcement Team and Iloilo Police Provincial Office seized P353,600 worth of suspected shabu in Carles, Iloilo on Aug. 11. IPPO PHOTO VIA RANDYO BANDERA ILOILO

IPPO’s ‘Birada Semana’ yields P2-M ‘shabu’

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) seized 306.50 grams of suspected shabu valued at P2,084,200 during a weeklong law...

NOCPPO: Coordination with media is key to avoid misunderstanding

BACOLOD City – Better coordination between the police and media averts misunderstandings or conflicts, according to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO). Police Captain...
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San Jose Comelec schedules COC filing

ANTIQUE – To avoid long queues of aspiring candidates for the October barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in...
Photo courtesy of PIA/Antique

Iloilo-Antique road closed off to motorists

ANTIQUE – The Iloilo-Antique road via Barangay Lindero, Hamtic is temporarily impassable to motorists beginning Monday. The closure is making way for the installation of...
(from left) Philippine National Police chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr.; Major Geremy Ian R. Magbanua, officer-in-charge of the San Jose de Buenavista, Antique municipal police station; and Mayor Elmer Untaran. MAYOR ELMER UNTARAN FB PHOTO

San Jose, Roxas City police stations best in W. Visayas

BY GLENDA TAYONA & IME SORNITO ILOILO City – The police stations of Roxas City in Capiz and San Jose de Buenavista in Antique were...

Mistaken identity? Driver shot dead in Escalante

BACOLOD City – A driver was shot dead in what the police believed could be a case of mistaken identity in Sitio Beatingo, Barangay...
SAMSON. RM CALANTAS/PN PHOTO

NPA ‘political instructor’ killed in Leon clash

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS & RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a gun battle with...
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Boracay security agencies urged to seek Comelec gun ban exemption

MALAY, Aklan – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Malay, Aklan urged licensed private security agencies to seek authority to possess and carry firearms...