SP to probe non-payment of job hires
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will investigate in aid of legislation the non-release of the salaries of the city government’s job hires.
“We...
Avoid mountain towns, tourists urged
ILOILO – The Philippine Army urged tourists to stay away from the hinterlands of the municipalities of Miag-ao, Igbaras and San Joaquin in southern...
Top Negros Occ. rebel arrested in Laguna
MANILA – Top Negros Occidental rebel Frank Fernandez, a 71-year-old former priest, was arrested in Laguna province, the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Director General...
Rebel killed as Phil. Army troops overrun NPA camp
ILOILO – Philippine Army troops overran a rebel encampment in Barangay Alimodias, Miag-ao town before dawn yesterday, five days before the New People’s Army...
Rationing mulled if water gets scarce
ILOILO City – If water becomes scarce due to the El Niño phenomenon, the city government would be rationing water.
Mayor Jose Espinosa III directed...
Karapatan-Panay seeks probe on arrest of 3 Igbaras farmers
ILOILO City – Militant group Karapatan-Panay will request the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the arrest of three suspected rebels after a...
Cloud seeding assessment in NegOcc ongoing
BACOLOD City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) are assessing areas to be covered by the proposed...
Illegal posters test Comelec’s patience
ILOILO City – Between Feb. 25 and March 16 the Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed 1,560 illegal election campaign materials in this city and...
Most wanted person in MIMAROPA falls in Iloilo
ILOILO City – The No. 1 most wanted person in the MIMAROPA region (Region 4-B or Southern Tagalog region) has been arrested in Barangay...
Bacolod City’s Bing not a narco-politico – Duterte
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and MAE SINGUAY
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte denied linking Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia of Bacolod City to the illegal drug...