![“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")
Rabid prov’l dogs entering city? That’s baloney – capitol vet
ILOILO City – The chief of the Iloilo provincial government’s veterinary office dared Mayor Jose Espinosa III to show proof that rabies cases in...
‘Lumot’, ‘linta’, snakes, snails have medicinal properties?
ILOILO City – Do you know that dried lumot (algae) is used by indigenous communities in Panay Island to prevent postpartum infections?
They also use...
P1M ‘shabu’ seized in Singcang-Airport
BY MAE SINGUAY and CYRUS GARDE
BACOLOD City – Plastic packs of suspected shabu worth an estimated P1 million were seized from four men during...
Nat’l ID: Is it good or bad?
ILOILO City – A “threat to people’s right to privacy” was how the human rights group Panay Alliance-Karapatan described the national identification (ID) system...
Moneylender stabbed to death
ILOILO City – A 41-year-old Indian national was stabbed to death in Barangay Lupa, Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
Harvender “Sido” Singh, a moneylender, died of multiple...
Jerry trumps Joe in RACI survey
ILOILO City – Cong. Jerry Treñas is the voters’ preferred choice for city mayor, a recent survey showed.
In face-to-face interviews as method of data...
Will Bacolod SP have a quorum on Friday?
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will not hold a session today. It moved the regular meeting to Friday.
SP secretary Vicente Petierre III...
Revamped PDEA targets new drug players in Region 6
ILOILO City – Drug-clearing operations in barangays would be sustained, according to new Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 director Emerson Margate.
While effective,...
Igbaras landslide: Number of affected houses rises to 38
ILOILO – From 22, the number houses affected by Saturday’s landslide in Sitio Rumbang, Barangay Igpigus, Igbaras, Iloilo rose to 38.
A total of 189...
Monico: Bacolod City flood problem has gotten worse
BACOLOD City – The flood problem in the city has gotten worse, according to former mayor Monico Puentevella.
Puentevella said this in the wake of...