PET retrieves Iloilo ballot boxes for VP votes recount
ILOILO City – A team from the Supreme Court acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has started retrieving ballot boxes from this city...
Tricky situation: Joe or Jerry? Elected brgy officials walk a tight rope
ILOILO City – To whom should the winners in the recent barangay election take their oath of office – Mayor Jose Espinosa III or...
No nap time while on duty – PNP chief
BACOLOD City – Philippine National Police (PNP) director General Oscar Albayalde warned cops sleeping while on duty of “surprise visits.”
Albayalde said police officers must...
Palace to hasten repatriation of slain Ilonggo OFW fron SoKor
ILOILO City – Malacañang vowed to hasten the repatriation of the remains of slain Ilonggo overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Angelo Claveria from South Korea.
The...
‘No STL, no income’ – Art
ILOILO City – Small Town Lottery is beneficial to Iloilo province, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr.
“Kon wala STL sa province, wala income ang...
4 injured NegOcc cops, 34 others get medals
BACOLOD City – Four wounded policemen and 34 other police personnel who took part in the firearms search operation in Cauayan, Negros Occidental last...
Dead boy, 14, found floating in Jaro river
ILOILO City – A 14-year-old boy was found dead in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro district on Saturday.
Residents found the body of Robert Misamen of...
Negros federal region ‘viable in all respects’
BACOLOD City – The local governments of two provinces in Negros Island held a symposium on federalization yesterday at Sugarland Hotel in this city.
Negros...
Duterte picks Acap as Ganzon’s replacement at city council
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
MANILA – Former Iloilo City councilor Lyndon Acap has been appointed to the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod.
President Rodrigo Duterte signed...
Complaint vs PCSO exec aide ‘plain harassment’
BACOLOD City – The complaint that the Globaltech Mobile Online Gaming Corp. filed against Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) executive assistant VI Manuel Fraginal...