Traffic auxiliaries in city schools pushed

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) sought for the posting of traffic police auxiliaries at the entrances and exits of elementary...

TOURISM VS ENVIRONMENT | Esplanade extension could kill Iloilo River mangroves

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The ongoing land reclamation at the Iloilo River to further extend the Iloilo Esplanade could kill mangroves growing there,...

Bacolod City ‘tracker cops’ to hunt robbery syndicate

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – A special group of police officers will run after a notorious syndicate believed to be behind recent robberies in...

Farmer or pusher? Drug suspect accuses PDEA of ‘planting’ shabu

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – A drug pushing suspect arrested in a buy-bust operation yesterday in Barangay Guinobatan, Leganes, Iloilo accused the Philippine...

‘COOPERATE OR ELSE…’ | No city hall permits for stubborn barangays

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The city government and police won’t issue permits for whatever activities of barangays that are uncooperative in the campaign...

Marawi City refugees in WV surge to 285

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – With the extension of martial law in Mindanao until Dec. 31, 2017, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6)...

7 Bacolod ‘in transit’ smokers arrested

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) arrested seven violators of City Ordinance (CO) No. 641, or the Comprehensive Anti-Smoking...

‘BOOKIES’ PERSISTS | Iloilo police chiefs given 15 days to wipe out illegal gambling

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – Despite the operation of Small Town Lottery in the province, illegal numbers games such as “bookies” persist. The police’s “non-stop...

Boracay hotels, resorts may lose permits

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Resorts and hotels in Boracay not connected to the world-famous island’s sewerage system could lose their business permits. The Department...

Which Iloilo port was Duterte referring to?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte did mention Iloilo in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). But it was so fleeting...