Agriculture chief in Miag-ao today

BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO Friday, November 17, 2017 ILOILO – Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Emmanuel Piñol is visiting the municipality of Miag-ao today. He is turning...

Napolcom holds ‘surprise’ inspection of police stations

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Friday, November 17, 2017 ILOILO City – The National Police Commission (Napolcom) Region 6 made an unannounced inspection of three police stations...

6 arrested in PDEA Sambag buy-bust

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Friday, November 17, 2017 ILOILO City – Six persons were arrested in a buy-bust operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)...

DO YOU HAVE BILLIONS? Gov’t takeover ambitious, says PECO

ILOILO City – The proposed government takeover of the sole power distribution utility in this city is easier said than done, according to the...

P11.2-B mega dam may start next year

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The construction of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) Phase 2 in Calinog, Iloilo will most likely start...

Defensor a big loss to LP, says Robredo

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. who is soon taking his oath as member of President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party...

P.4-million shabu seized; 6 drug suspects arrested

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested six persons and seized shabu worth P460,000 from a boardinghouse in...

Fire strikes Pavia high school; 15 hospitalized

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Fifteen high school students and two teachers of Pavia National High School fell ill and were hospitalized. They had...

SP: DON’T RENEW PECO FRANCHISE

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution “vehemently opposing” the renewal of Panay Electric Company’s (PECO) franchise and calling on the...

Who’s behind proliferation of Badjao beggars? 30 rounded up in Day 2 of ‘Oplan...

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Are there groups or individuals behind the proliferation of Badjao mendicants in this city? The chief of Mandurriao district’s police...