WHO’S AFRAID OF ESPENIDO? Jovie welcome in Iloilo – Jed
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
MANILA – Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, the Ozamiz City police chief who led recent raids that led to the death of drug...
La Paz village chief falls in drug bust
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City –Suspected shabu, firearms and ammunitions were seized in Barangay Rizal, La Paz district around 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
The police and Philippine...
Endangered sea turtle trapped, released
KALIBO, Aklan – A large female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was accidentally trapped in a fishnet in the waters of Barangay Camanci Norte,...
Gilas blows past Iraq, 84-68, in Fiba Asia
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – Gilas Pilipinas turned to Christian Standhardinger and Terrence Romeo in the second half to score an 84-68 victory over...
NO MORE BOOKIES? Police chiefs claim wiping out illegal gambling but…
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – After 15 days of anti-illegal gambling operations, municipal police chiefs claimed to have cleared their areas of illegal numbers...
NIR abolition won’t disrupt gov’t services – DILG
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The abolition of the Negros Island Region (NIR) won’t disrupt the delivery of government services in Negros Occidental and...
PECO seeks to nullify meter reading edict
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Panay Electric Company (PECO) has asked the Regional Trial Court to declare as null and void Regulation Ordinance No....
Sta. Barbara hacking leaves 1 dead, another wounded
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A 32-year-old man from Barangay Miraga-Gibuangan, Santa Barbara, Iloilo faces homicide and frustrated homicide charges.
Police said Romy Casipong,...
Duterte’s ‘Libreng Gamot’ helps 4T poor WV patients
ILOILO City – More indigent patients in Western Visayas benefited from President Rodrigo Duterte’s Libreng Gamot sa Masa (LinGap sa Masa) program.
Data from the...
DU30 ‘KILLS’ NEGROS REGION
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has abolished the Negros Island Region (NIR) that his predecessor, then President Benigno Aquino III, created.
Duterte’s Executive...