Jeepney strike: No Sept. 30 classes in Iloilo City
ILOILO
City – Public and private school classes in all levels here are suspended on
Sept. 30 due to the nationwide transport strike.
In
ordering the suspension,...
3 NPA clashes in a week; Iloilo police on alert
ILOILO
– Following three successive clashes between Philippine Army troops and New
People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Miag-ao and Igbaras towns in less than a week,
the...
Dragon boat capsizes, 7 rowers drown
ILOILO City – A
dragon boat capsized in the waters of Boracay Island yesterday morning. Seven
rowers died.
The 21-member
Boracay Dragon Force Team was practicing for an...
SC: No TRO vs Mandaluyong court ruling on franchise law
ILOILO City – The Supreme Court has
denied MORE Electric and Power Corp.’s (MORE Power) petition for a Temporary
Restraining Order (TRO) and/or writ of preliminary...
MassKara gun ban? City council says ‘no’
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia
and Police Colonel Henry Biñas, the director of the Bacolod City Police Office
(BCPO), agreed there is a need to...
Motorist shot dead after evading checkpoint
ILOILO City – A man who allegedly
refused to stop at a police checkpoint in Barangay Zerrudo, Sara, Iloilo was
shot dead by the police after a...
City gov’t doctor wary of ‘miserable life’ at city hall
ILOILO City – City Health Office (CHO)
chief Dr. Bernard Caspe has asked the Office of the Ombudsman to place Mayor
Jerry Treñas and City Administrator...
Red-tagged Capiz human rights lawyer survives slay try
ROXAS City – A human rights lawyer
here survived an ambush yesterday morning after attending a court hearing.
Atty. Criselda Azarcon-Heredia posted
on her Facebook page that...
Iloilo City roads, sidewalks 100% cleared by Sept. 29?
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is
hopeful that by Sept. 29 all of the city’s roads and sidewalks would have been
cleared of obstructions.
Sept. 29...
Treñas to civil registry head: explain alleged irregularities
ILOILO City – City Civil Registrar
Romeo Cesar “Juncae” Manikan has been issued a show cause order over alleged
irregularities in the registration of marriages.
Mayor Jerry...