Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

PRO-6 to Espenido: Innocent has nothing to fear

ILOILO City – Beleaguered Police Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido has nothing to worry about his safety if he is not involved in illegal drugs. Police Regional...
Authorities facilitate the surrender of New People's Army (NPA) member “Cardo” (3rd from left) at Camp Monteclaro, Barangay Igtuba, Miag-ao, Iloilo on Feb. 22. The surrenderee was under the NPA's Southern Front, Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay, which operates in Tubungan, Iloilo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

High-ranking NPA rebel surrenders

ILOILO City – A high-ranking member of the New People’s Army from Tubungan, Iloilo voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) yesterday at...
“I want to be forthright with you, our permit holders. The permit given to you is a privilege, not a license to abuse our finite natural reserves,” says Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental. NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PIO

NegOcc guv warns small-scale miners not to abuse permit

BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has reminded small-scale miners in Negros Occidental that the permit issued to them by the provincial government is a privilege...
Former Health secretary Janette Garin

Garin, 9 others indicted again over Dengvaxia

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to again charge former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Janette Garin (now Iloilo 1st District...
President Rodrigo Duterte and Police Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido

From hunter to hunted? ‘Duterte doesn’t want Jovie harmed’

By ADRIAN STEWART CO and RUBY SILUBRICO MANILA – Malacañang assured controversial Police Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido that President Rodrigo Duterte won’t allow him to get harmed...
PHOTO BY IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV COVID-19 alert: 1 person remains under investigation

ILOILO City – Seven more persons under investigation (PUI) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas tested negative, bringing to 36 the total number of...

DepEd: Remedial classes help ‘frustrated’ readers

ILOILO – What steps are being taken to help this province’s estimated 42,000 “frustration level” readers from kindergarten to high school? Schools are holding remedial reading classes,...

No big city events this Feb., March due to COVID-19

ILOILO City – No big crowd-drawing events will be held in this city this month and in March as a precautionary measure against the possible spread...
A perspective view of the flyover in Brgy. Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo.

Traffic alert: Aganan flyover construction starts March

ILOILO City – The construction of a four-lane flyover in Barangay Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo will start in the first or second week of March. The Department of...
Photo by Ian Paul Cordero/PN

Passi’s P308-M sanitary landfill nears completion

ILOILO – The 12-hectare P308-million Integrated Waste Management Facility in Barangay Aglalana, Passi City is nearing completion. Mayor Stephen Palmares said it is now 65 to 70 percent complete, adding...