Talks aim to end Sicogon row
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The much-anticipated redevelopment of Sicogon Island in Carles, Iloilo is being stalled by a land dispute between long-time residents...
‘Justice on Wheels’ frees 70 inmates
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Seventy inmates “overstaying” in various jails here and Iloilo province are set to be released.
Thanks to the Enhanced Justice...
P8-M DOH aid DAP-funded?
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A technical working group has been formed to check whether the Department of Health’s (DOH) P8-million assistance to district hospitals in...
Bacolod fire victims to get P5,000
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A hundred and seventy squatter families that fire displaced in Purok Katilingban, Barangay 39 on Tuesday will each receive...
Couples warned vs ‘wedding fixers’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – “Wedding fixers” operate at the Iloilo Hall of Justice but their days are now numbered.
The Regional Trial Court (RTC)...
Energreen selling price questioned
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) sees nothing wrong with buying electricity from Energreen Power Development and Management, Inc. (Energreen) at...
Lobby money, ‘ghosts’ spook Malones, Gallar
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – If Mayor Mariano Malones of Maasin, Iloilo were to be believed, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Emmanuel Gallar maintains non-existent...
20 chief cops fail in drug mission
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Twenty police chiefs failed to clear at least two barangays in their respective turfs.
Of Iloilo’s 42 towns, only...
Bacolod wary of flashfloods
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Thursday last week’s flashflood had city officials scampering for solutions to prevent a similar one from happening again.
Torrential rains...
El Niño could affect WV – Pagasa
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – The El Niño phenomenon could soon hit Western Visayas, said the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Western...