TUPAS VS DEBUQUE: Garin family’s support in Iloilo vice governor race remains unclear

ILOILO – As the political showdown intensifies between Cong. Raul Tupas of the 5th District and Anilao mayor Nathalie Ann Debuque for the vice...

PRO-6 director oversees security measures for COC filing in NegOcc

BACOLOD City – In light of the ongoing certificate of candidacy (COC) filing for the upcoming elections, Brigadier General Jack Wanky, the regional director...

Woman drug peddler collared in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – Around P544,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized from a 21-year-old woman in Barangay Banago here. Alias “Inday”, classified as a high-value...

Bacolod independent candidates urged to file COCs early

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is urging independent candidates here to submit their certificates of candidacy (COC) ahead of the October...

Woman murdered, daughter assaulted in home invasion

ILOILO – In Barangay Arante, Sara town a 44-year-old woman was killed and her 17-year-old adopted daughter was assaulted. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO)...
Iloilo City candidates for member of the House of Representatives, mayor, vice mayor, and Sangguniang Panlungsod members are filing their certificates of candidacy on the third floor of Robinsons Place Iloilo Cinema along Quezon Street. Photo shows the second day of the filing of COC at the said mall. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Over 18K positions up for grabs in May 2025 polls

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – More than 18,000 positions will be contested in the 2025 midterm elections. Candidates vying for national and local positions...
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Supporters anxiously await leaders’ next move

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Suspense grapples the political landscape in this city, with neither the leaders from the Uswag Team nor the...

Ajuy town may be declared a poll hotspot due to political rivalry

BY MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is reviewing a request from Ajuy’s Mayor Jett Rojas to declare the municipality...
“All of our Commission on Elections offices have police assistance desks ready to address any situation. Additionally, we have standby forces near the filing venue to respond within two minutes in case of any tension, whether between supporters or candidates,” says Colonel Bayani Razalan, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office.

IPPO deploys standby forces for COC filing

ILOILO – In preparation for any potential incidents during the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC), the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has stationed...
Slain Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board secretary Wesley Barayuga was a retired police general. He was Iloilo City Police Office director for two years from 2006 to 2008. He later became deputy regional director for operations of the Police Regional Office 6. In 2013, he held a general position in Camp Crame as executive officer for the Directorate for Logistics until he retired.

Ex-ICPO director did not deserve his fate – Wanky

ILOILO City – Brigadier General Wesley Barayuga, a former board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), did not deserve his fate, according...