PDEA TARGETS ODICTA LAWYER

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – Recent pronouncements of President Rodrigo Duterte may have emboldened the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 to...

Still no LTFRB action on fare hike petitions; another round of oil price hike...

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – Oil companies are raising their prices again but the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has yet...

Bacolod puts videoke bars in crosshairs

BY MAE SINGUAY and DARYL LASAFIN BACOLOD City – City hall will soon strictly enforce the ordinance regulating noise pollution. It covers videoke establishments, City...

District jail bursting with female inmates

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Inmates at the Iloilo City District Jail (ICDJ) Female Dormitory need a bigger space. Crammed in the facility at the...

GAME OVER, SAYS PDEA

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 has all but declared the illegal drug trade in Western...

5 workers’ fate in Leonardia’s hands

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia has the final say on what happens to the five city government employees accused of failing...

Flo Water Is not for sale

BECAUSE of its commitment to supply safe and reliable potable water to the consuming public within the service area of the Metro Iloilo Water...

IDFI has ‘little problem’ with Dinagyang sponsors

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Where are the Dinagyang Festival 2017 sponsors? The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) is scrambling for sponsorships. The preparations started...

Panay ‘Lakbayanistas’ protest military deployment in villages

ILOILO City – A few hours before boarding their ship bound for Manila last week, Panay Island’s delegates to the “Lakbayan ng Visayas” mass...

BANIAS FOR CITY MAYOR?

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – A group of businessmen is purportedly backing the possible candidacy for city mayor of Iloilo Provincial Administrator Raul Banias...