![“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")
Comelec closely monitors NegOcc ‘election hotspots’
BACOLOD City – The merger between two political groups in Negros Occidental does not mean the Commission on Elections would no longer monitor “election...
3 Garins slug it out for 1st Dist.’s House seat
ILOILO – On the last day of the five-day period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2019 midterm elections, the...
4-cornered fight for Iloilo City mayor
ILOILO City – A new group claiming to have the support of President Rodrigo Duterte is fielding a complete line-up for elective posts in...
Building new Freedom Grandstand a race against time
ILOILO City – It is going to be the Dinagyang season three months from now. Will the new Freedom Grandstand be completed in time...
Laywer, radioman vs Bacolod’s Bing
BACOLOD City – Two persons – one a lawyer and the other a media man – will oppose reelectionist Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia in...
Army general challenges Salcedos’ reign in Sara
ILOILO City – Can a former commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division end the decades-old reign of the Salcedos in Sara, Iloilo?
Retired...
Oct. 19 still a holiday in Bacolod – Familiaran
BACOLOD City – It is still a nonworking holiday in this city on Oct. 19, clarified Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran.
President Rodrigo Duterte has...
No cop escorts for pols sans Comelec, PNP nods
ILOILO City – Without the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Philippine National Police (PNP), no one seeking an elective post this...
‘Baseless’ drug complaint vs Negros execs target voters?
BACOLOD City – A lawyer for two Negros Occidental officials and a businessman insisted that the allegation that his clients were involved in a...
Monthly fuel subsidy for PUJ drivers starting 2019 – DOE
ILOILO City – Drivers of registered public utility jeepneys (PUJs) across the country will get a monthly fuel subsidy from the government starting next...