City hall now unsure of Duterte’s Dinagyang visit
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – The city government is now unsure of President Rodrigo Duterte gracing the Dinagyang Festival this month.
Although preparations for...
Post-New Year fire razes 12 Cubay houses
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – Fire totally gutted 12 houses and injured a man in Barangay Cubay, Jaro district...
Dinagyang gun ban to last a week
ILOILO City – For the 50th anniversary of Dinagyang Festival this month, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is imposing a weeklong gun ban beginning...
COA: REFUND ALL EXCESSIVE BONUS
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered all Iloilo City officials and employees to refund P46.4...
PRO-6 welcomes use of body cameras
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and PRINCE GOLEZ
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) welcomed the suggestion that policemen wear body cameras during antidrug...
WV population to hit 7.8M by end of 2018
ILOILO City – The population of Western Visayas is estimated to increase from 7,536,383 million in 2015 to 7,828,222 by Dec. 31, 2018, with...
Most ‘cracker blast victims young people
ILOILO City – Majority of the victims of firecracker blasts in Western Visayas during the holidays belonged to the age groups 11 to 15...
New battalion to take over 82IB camp in Miag-ao
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – The new battalion that the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) is forming will be based in Camp...
JERRY SUSPENDED Sandigan: 90 days without Treñas ‘mandatory’
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and PRINCE GOLEZ
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan suspended Rep. Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City for 90 days as the graft charge...
Jaro, Mandurriao drug busts net 4
BY RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Four illegal drug pushing suspects were caught in separate antidrug operations in Mandurriao and Jaro districts on Friday and Saturday.
Operatives...