7 Bacolod ‘in transit’ smokers arrested
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) arrested seven violators of City Ordinance (CO) No. 641, or the Comprehensive Anti-Smoking...
‘BOOKIES’ PERSISTS | Iloilo police chiefs given 15 days to wipe out illegal gambling
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – Despite the operation of Small Town Lottery in the province, illegal numbers games such as “bookies” persist.
The police’s “non-stop...
Boracay hotels, resorts may lose permits
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Resorts and hotels in Boracay not connected to the world-famous island’s sewerage system could lose their business permits.
The Department...
Which Iloilo port was Duterte referring to?
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte did mention Iloilo in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). But it was so fleeting...
Policemen in Bacolod City ‘solvent hotspots’ sought
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Councilor Em Ang requested the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to assign officers in areas frequented by “Rugby kids.”
Ang...
DU30 SPARES JED | But drug war will continue ‘no matter how long’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA and ADRIAN STEWART CO
ILOILO City – Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog heaved a sigh of relief. President Rodrigo Duterte wrapped up his...
Let’s have war after Marawi, Reds told
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to go to war with the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army...
NegOr exec denies hand in ambush of policemen
BY CYRUS GARDE
BACOLOD City – Did Councilor Edison Dela Rita of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental have a hand in the ambush that killed six...
3 high-value drug suspects arrested
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A couple and an ex-convict, all high-value drug suspects, were separately arrested yesterday.
John Obregon, 51, and wife Emmy,...
Couple stabbed to death
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A couple was stabbed to death in Barangay Cabolo-an Norte, Oton, Iloilo.
A neighbor entered the couple’s house and...