Contraband seized in Pototan, Jaro jails
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Authorities staged simultaneous “greyhound” inspections at the Iloilo City District Jail in Barangay Ungka, Jaro district and the...
MAYORS’ DENIALS NOT ENOUGH
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Denials of their alleged links to illegal drugs were not enough for five Western Visayas mayors to keep...
Iloilo capitol mulls probe on ‘illegal quarries’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Are there illegal sand and gravel quarries in this province? Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. wants to know.
Quarry permitee Ric Macalalag...
Woman assaults Bacolod traffic head
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A woman was detained after striking the officer-in-charge of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) on the face with...
Defensor on Trump win: ‘Oh, my God!’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. was shocked that Republican businessman Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United...
‘IT’S LIKE TORTURE!’
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – After hearing the Supreme Court decision allowing the burial of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng...
Iloilo running out of sand, gravel
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – In three years’ time, there may not be enough sand and gravel in this province to meet the demands of...
Bacolod gun smuggling suspect surrenders
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City – A suspected firearms smuggler who allegedly had a client planning to assassinate President Rodrigo Duterte turned himself in...
STILL NO AID FOR 83T FAMILIES
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A total of 83,345 families in Western Visayas rendered homeless by super typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013 have yet to...
SC OKs Marcos burial at heroes’ cemetery
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) cleared all the legal obstacles for the burial of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos at the...