‘As Gloria heads House, Du30 tightens grips on power’
BACOLOD City – Former president Gloria Arroyo having been elected as the House Speaker will give President Rodrigo Duterte “further grip on power,” according...
Deported Badjao beggars back in Iloilo City again
ILOILO City – Some eight months after they were rounded up and shipped back to Mindanao, the Badjaos have returned to this city and...
23 police chiefs sacked for zero drug accomplishment
ILOILO City – Twenty-three police chiefs across Region 6 were axed from their posts effective yesterday for having no accomplishments to show in the...
Panay civil society to deliver ‘People’s United SONA’ today
ILOILO City – Simultaneous with the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte this afternoon, the civil society in Panay...
Classes suspended again due to rains
ILOILO City – Stressing the importance of keeping students safe, Mayor Jose Espinosa III ordered the suspension of classes in public and private schools...
Resorts, Malay execs rapped for env’t offenses in Boracay
MANILA – Six resort operators in Boracay Island and a handful of local officials in Malay, Aklan were charged before the Department of Justice...
Soldiers hunt rebels in Tapaz
ILOILO City – Philippine Army soldiers are running after armed men they identified as New People’s Army (NPA) members in Tapaz, Capiz.
A firefight ensued...
‘Helpless’ city to seek Villar’s help on flooding
ILOILO City – The city government is helpless on the perennial problem of flooding and would seek the help of Secretary Mark Villar of...
Town celebrates food, culture via crispy ‘lechon’
ILOILO – When it comes to lechon (roast suckling pig), there are no people in this province that take it as seriously as the...
Will 3 mayors get back police power?
ILOILO City – In August 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte stripped Iloilo mayors Mariano Malones of Maasin, Alex Centena of Calinog and Sigfredo Betita of...