![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
5T seen to join 5th Iloilo bike festival
ILOILO City – Over 5,000 participants are expected to join the activities of the 5th Iloilo Bike Festival organized by the city government in...
Negros Occ. leads in election ‘hotspots’
ILOILO City – There are 129 “election watch list areas” (EWAS) in Western Visayas and over half of them are in Negros Occidental.
The province...
Boracay beach conceals illegal sewage pipes
ILOILO City – Boracay Island’s beachfront would be dug for hidden illegal sewage pipes.
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region...
Pushers, murderers shipped to Munti
ILOILO City – To decongest jails in Western Visayas, 56 inmates were shipped to the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila.
Twenty of the inmates were...
Boracay workers can tap emergency SSS loan
MANILA – The state-run Social Security System (SSS) has opened an emergency loan window to more than 11,000 potential member-borrowers affected by the closure of...
Duterte’s EO on ‘endo’ a ‘welcome dev’t’ but…
BACOLOD City – A local labor group welcomed with reservation President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of an executive order (EO) that prohibits illegal contracting and...
Bacolod health office expects 70 anti-rabies vials from DOH
BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) is still waiting for anti-rabies vaccine from the Department of Health.
The CHO is expecting 70 vials...
Bacolod hospital claims PhilHealth owes it P129M
BACOLOD City – The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) is demanding the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to pay its debt amounting to...
3 Prov’l Board members post perfect attendance in 1st qtr
ILOILO – Three members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) never had absences from their regular sessions in the first quarter of this year (January...
Autopsy confirms hacked girl raped, too – police
ILOILO City – The eight-year-old girl hacked to death in Barangay Sarapan, Passi City on Sunday was raped, too, an autopsy showed.
The girl’s genitalia bore signs...