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If the lack of budget this year — and next year — is any indication, the only island region in the country no longer exists, according to Department of Budget and Management secretary Benjamin Diokno.

Fourteen college students caught paddling five neophytes on F. Parcon Street, Pototan, Iloilo were released from detention yesterday morning.

Forty-six police officers of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPP) have been tasked to restore order on the province’s streets.

Monico Puentevella is no longer the mayor of this city but the Office of the President still ordered him to answer a 2015 complaint filed by an officer of a local civic movement.

Proper coordination was made before any activity related to the ongoing P100-million new drainage system project in this city was undertaken, insisted Engr. Rodney Gustilo, chief of Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) City Engineering Office.

Policemen stopped a hazing in Pototan, Iloilo and arrested 14 college students it caught paddling five neophytes seeking to join their fraternity.

Complaints filed against minors involved in criminal activities such as drug trafficking, especially those below 15 years old, may not prosper, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6.

Senior Superintendent William Señoron, director of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) whom an illegal drug suspect tagged to the illicit trade, was relieved from his post.

Minors arrested in antidrug operations of the police will be slapped with appropriate charges, according to the spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6).

Negrenses are not giving up hope on the Negros Island Region (NIR).