Cops apprehend 451 city minors violating curfew

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – From Oct. 17 to Nov. 20 the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) apprehended 450 youngsters for violating the...

IS PECO WORTH KEEPING? Power distribution utility seeks to change SP’s mind

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Tuesday, November 21, 2017 ILOILO City – Today, Panay Electric Company (PECO) hopes to convince members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) it is...

Jed loses bid to reverse dismissal

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA and PRINCE GOLEZ Tuesday, November 21, 2017 MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the dismissal of former Iloilo City mayor...

Lack of boat fuel hampers Bantay Dagat operation

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Tuesday, November 21, 2017 ILOILO – The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force has not been operating for a week now. Its patrol boats...

Gov’t troops repel rebels from Maasin hinterland

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Tuesday, November 21, 2017 ILOILO City – Philippine Army soldiers of the 61st Infantry Battalion clashed with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels...

No executive assistants on traffic, health for Espinosa

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Tuesday, November 21, 2017 ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III said he does not need executive assistants for traffic and health. He...

Cop detained following fatal road mishap

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Tuesday, November 21, 2017 ILOILO City – A police officer was detained following a vehicular accident that killed a man in Barangay...

LEEO NOT EARNING ENOUGH Step up collection or face abolition – councilor

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Monday, November 20, 2017 ILOILO City – The Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO), as a revenue-generating arm of the city government, is overseeing...

DoubleDragon keeps growing stronger; to benefit from digitalization, prov’l retail transitions 

Monday, November 20, 2017 THE TOTAL revenues of DoubleDragon Properties Corp. rose to P4.08 billion in the first nine months of 2017 from P1.99 billion...

STL operator fears displacement of bet collectors

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Monday, November 20, 2017 ILOILO – Bet collectors of the Small Town Lottery (STL) franchisee in this province may be displaced if a...