Leo Rey regains control of VTI headquarters
BACOLOD City – Ousted Vallacar Transit, Inc.
(VTI) president Leo Rey Yanson managed to gain control of the VTI headquarters
in Barangay Mansilingan yesterday morning.
The AGNSA...
Use lifejacket during entire trip – Marina
ILOILO City – All passengers of ships
or boats with open deckhouses are required to wear lifejackets at all times,
according to the Maritime Industry Authority...
Search, rescue and retrieval operation ends; all passengers, crew of capsized boats accounted
ILOILO City – The search, rescue and retrieval
operations for survivors and casualties of Saturday’s capsizing of three
motorboats in the Iloilo Strait have ended. All
the...
Du30 to meet families of sea mishap victims today
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and
RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte will
be in Guimaras today to personally condole with the families of those who...
PCG ‘hoping against hope’ 6 missing persons alive
ILOILO City – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
in Western Visayas is hopeful that the six remaining missing persons from
Saturday’s capsizing of three boats in...
Ex-solon Syjuco convicted for ‘frauds against public treasury’
MANILA – After pleading guilty to three graft
charges that included “frauds against public treasury”, former Iloilo 2nd
District congressman Augusto Syjuco Jr. was slapped with...
Iloilo City responsive and responsible at 82
ILOILO City is celebrating its 82nd Charter Day
celebration which climaxes on Aug. 25.
This year’s theme, “Responsive and Responsible
Governance”, highlights the efficient and effective delivery...
More security enforces for Smallville
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO)
will tap the services of police auxiliary to augment forces securing Smallville
– a popular rest and recreation...
Gov’t not rushing martial law in Negros Oriental
ILOILO City – The government is not in a hurry
to place Negros Oriental under martial law.
The military, police and local government
units are assessing...
Du30 mulls emergency powers vs Negros lawlessness
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is not
discounting the possibility of using emergency powers to quell lawless violence
in Negros Island.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said
the President...