![“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")
Don’t give in to extortion, Army tells contractors
ILOILO – Contractors of government infrastructure projects in Panay Island must immediately report to authorities attempts to extort from them, according to the commander...
Business group bucks proposed 14th month pay
ILOILO City – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s proposed 14th month pay for private sector workers equivalent to one month salary would be difficult...
WV crime volume drops 45%
ILOILO City – The crime volume in Western Visayas dropped by 45 percent this year from January to July, according to Chief Superintendent John...
Over 28T unreported TB cases in Region 6 – DOH
ILOILO City – There are 28,948 undiagnosed or unreported tuberculosis (TB) cases in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
Tracking them is...
Bacolod leptospirosis cases up 50% – CHO
BACOLOD City – The number of leptospirosis cases in this capital city rose 50 percent, according to the City Health Office (CHO).
From January to...
6-kilo shabu bust suspect abducted?
BACOLOD City – The family of Ronie “Putot” Recomo – one of the three suspects in the drug buy-bust operation that led to the...
Phil. Army slammed over ‘fake rebel surrenderees’
BACOLOD City – Militant group Karapatan-Negros blasted the Philippine Army for allegedly using indigenous peoples (IPs), or tumandok, in its anti-insurgency campaign.
The human rights...
Bacolod shootout kills 2 robbery suspects
BACOLOD City – Three people were killed while three others, including the daughter of a town mayor in Negros Occidental, were injured in a...
Iloilo City Hall worker, 3 others fall in drug busts
ILOILO City – Four people including one the police identified as a city government employee were arrested in separate illegal drug buy-bust operations in...
‘Esplanade extension may disrupt businesses’
ILOILO City – Expanding the Iloilo Esplanade up to Fort San Pedro or the mouth of the Iloilo River could dislocate a lot of...