MOTHER, CHILD DEAD TOGETHER Bodies found in Bacolod pension house

By CYRUS M. GARDE BACOLOD City — A woman with a nervous breakdown and her three-year-old daughter were found dead in Room 20 of Pension...

BRGY KAGAWAD BUSTED FOR SHABU

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA and RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A village councilman and his wife were arrested for illegal drugs, unlicensed firearm and ammunitions...

War of words over Bacolod street center island

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Rep. Evelio Leonardia claimed he is the target of Mayor Monico Puentevella’s “tantrum” over the P140-million road project of...

Rcidu takes over probe of Punsalan, Amiyong cases

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – The Regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (Rcidu) has taken over the investigation of the 2013 unsolved murders...

CONTRACT CHOPPING Lawyer bares ‘secret’ to Makati project overpricing

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – The Binays benefitted from the construction of overpriced buildings in Makati City, according to lawyer-complainant Renato Bondal in yesterday’s...

Ilonggo appointed SC Associate Justice

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III appointed Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza of Jaro, Iloilo City as new Associate Justice of the...

Silent protest vs mayor’s inaction

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Mayor Monico Puentevella has not enforced an approved city ordinance beneficial to the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) staff. For this, he...

IRREGULAR BIDDING 3 Santa Barbara execs sacked

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – For the irregular bidding of five projects, the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal from service of three department heads...

‘Overpriced’ P700-M convention center BINAYS HIT BACK AT DRILON

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – If Makati City’s Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Jun-Jun” Binay Jr. were to be believed, Iloilo City’s two-storey P700-million Iloilo Convention...

Case vs Capalla slay suspect dismissed

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – For lack of sufficient evidence, the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the complaint for murder filed against a suspect in...