Dinagyang gun ban to last a week
ILOILO City – For the 50th anniversary of Dinagyang Festival this month, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is imposing a weeklong gun ban beginning...
COA: REFUND ALL EXCESSIVE BONUS
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered all Iloilo City officials and employees to refund P46.4...
PRO-6 welcomes use of body cameras
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and PRINCE GOLEZ
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) welcomed the suggestion that policemen wear body cameras during antidrug...
WV population to hit 7.8M by end of 2018
ILOILO City – The population of Western Visayas is estimated to increase from 7,536,383 million in 2015 to 7,828,222 by Dec. 31, 2018, with...
Most ‘cracker blast victims young people
ILOILO City – Majority of the victims of firecracker blasts in Western Visayas during the holidays belonged to the age groups 11 to 15...
New battalion to take over 82IB camp in Miag-ao
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – The new battalion that the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) is forming will be based in Camp...
JERRY SUSPENDED Sandigan: 90 days without Treñas ‘mandatory’
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and PRINCE GOLEZ
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan suspended Rep. Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City for 90 days as the graft charge...
Jaro, Mandurriao drug busts net 4
BY RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Four illegal drug pushing suspects were caught in separate antidrug operations in Mandurriao and Jaro districts on Friday and Saturday.
Operatives...
Chicken project mess: Neglect of duty raps vs 4 city hall workers
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – Charges for neglect of duty may be filed against four city hall employees over alleged irregularities in the...
‘IT’S NOT TOO LATE’ Call centers called out for fire safety violations
ILOILO City – Five of the 14 business process outsourcing (BPO) companies that the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) inspected in this city were...