BIZ GROUP WARNS OF LAYOFFS
Local businesses are not prepared to grant the P15 to P25 increase in the daily minimum wage in Western Visayas, according to the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) – Iloilo Chapter, Inc.
3 city housing beneficiaries linked to Jed
Among the city government’s housing program beneficiaries being investigated for possible violations are three persons with alleged ties to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog – a cook, a nanny and a former bodyguard.
3 solons say ‘yes’ to death penalty
Four Iloilo congressmen voted in favor of the death penalty bill that the House of Representatives approved on second reading early Wednesday evening.
Call center worker accuses driver of rape, robbery
A public utility jeepney (PUJ) driver from Murcia, Negros Occidental denied sexually assaulting a call center agent here.
REGION 6 WAGE HIKE APPROVED
Beginning March 16, the daily minimum wage of private sector workers in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental will increase.
Cops raring to resume ‘drug war’
Policemen here and in Iloilo province are ready to resume their campaign against illegal drugs.
The task groups against illegal drugs will be regrouped, according to Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Senior Superintendent Harold Tuzon.
RAID YIELDS P.5-M SHABU
Shabu worth half a million pesos was seized from the house of a high-value drug suspect in Barangay South San Jose, Molo district.
DESPITE DRUG CLAIM
Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence that Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is involved in illegal drugs, the city’s chief executive said he remains supportive of the government’s campaign against drug trafficking, corruption and criminality.
US nat’l nabbed for ‘human trafficking’
A 52-year-old American national charged with cyber pornography and human trafficking in Manila was arrested here yesterday.
Police deployment for ASEAN meetings starts
Beginning today, the city will be crawling with policemen.