Soldiers hunt rebels in Tapaz
ILOILO City – Philippine Army soldiers are running after armed men they identified as New People’s Army (NPA) members in Tapaz, Capiz.
A firefight ensued...
‘Helpless’ city to seek Villar’s help on flooding
ILOILO City – The city government is helpless on the perennial problem of flooding and would seek the help of Secretary Mark Villar of...
Town celebrates food, culture via crispy ‘lechon’
ILOILO – When it comes to lechon (roast suckling pig), there are no people in this province that take it as seriously as the...
Will 3 mayors get back police power?
ILOILO City – In August 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte stripped Iloilo mayors Mariano Malones of Maasin, Alex Centena of Calinog and Sigfredo Betita of...
Malones gets death threats; Guv: No narco mayors in Iloilo
ILOILO City – Mayor Mariano Malones of Maasin, Iloilo confirmed there were threats on his life.
“My family is worried. Every now and then may...
Aklan guv, wife charged for ‘incomplete’ SALN
MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has charged Aklan governor Florencio Miraflores and wife, former Ibajay, Aklan mayor Ma. Lourdes, before the Sandiganbayan...
Monsoon rains damage roads in 3 provinces
ILOILO City – Heavy monsoon rains since Monday caused road slips and road depressions in the provinces of Antique, Iloilo and Negros Occidental.
The Department...
Rains trigger cancellation of classes, boat trips
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Classes in all levels in this city were suspended yesterday afternoon due to flooding and heavy...
Localized peace talks destined to fail – NPA
BACOLOD City – The government’s plan to pursue localized peace talks is “destined to fail,” according to priest-turned-rebel Ka Frank Fernandez.
Fernandez, spokesman of the...
Bulalacao on Kap Dabing: ‘I will never talk to her’
ILOILO City – Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, Western Visayas police director, won’t waste a second on Barangay Captain Keith “Dabing” Espinosa of Monica Blumentritt,...