66th drug war casualty peppered with bullets

ILOILO City – Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot a drug suspect to death in Zone 4, Barangay Calumpang, Molo district yesterday morning, the sixth to die...

Pavia’s literacy crusader one of PH’s most outstanding

ILOILO – An advocate of reading from the municipality of Pavia, Iloilo has been chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Filipinos this year. Pavia...

Court finds Ceneco GM guilty of falsification

BACOLOD City – “Not much attention” to a case proved detrimental to the general manager of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco). A court has...

Free e-trikes for Boracay’s displaced tricycle drivers

ILOILO City – Some 1,000 units of environment-friendly electric tricycles or e-trikes would be given free to around the same number of drivers that...

Drug war claims 64th WV casualty

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and IAN PAUL CORDERO ILOILO City – A barangay councilman of Jelicuon Montinola, Cabatuan, Iloilo died in an antidrug operation of...

Agri office’s electricity consumption questioned

ILOILO City – The City Agriculture Office’s electricity bill that reaches around P85,000 a month is “shocking to the senses,” according to Councilor Plaridel...

Restobar in ‘hot water’ for viral ‘twerking’ video

BACOLOD City – The Joint Inspection Team of the city government’s Licensing and Permits Division will investigate the “indecent activities” at a restobar along...

‘Ber’ season seen to stabilize sugar price

BACOLOD City – The price of sugar is expected to stabilize as the country enters the “ber” season, according to Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...

Fuel subsidy for 11,000 PUJs in Western Visayas

ILOILO City – An estimated 11,000 registered public utility jeepneys (PUJs) in Western Visayas are covered by the fuel subsidy from the national government...

One term is good enough – Joe

ILOILO City – One three-year term as mayor – his own term – is good enough already, according to Mayor Jose Espinosa III. He expressed...