P11.2-B MEGA DAM IN LIMBO | No court action yet on Korean bidder’s plaint

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Saturday, July 1, 2017     ILOILO City – Will the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) – Phase 2 in Calinog, Iloilo push through? Despite...

Tires ‘missing’ from provincial motorpool

BYGLENDA SOLOGASTOA Saturday, July 1, 2017   ILOILO City – Eighteen brand new tires allegedly disappeared from the stockroom of the Iloilo provincial government’s equipment pool in...

‘IT’S A CHALLENGE’ | Duterte ‘bedrock’ remark aims to fire up police – PRO-6

BY RESEL JOY TIANERO Friday, June 30, 2017   ILOILO City – A challenge. This was how the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) viewed President Rodrigo Duterte’s...

Maasin police station raiders criminals, not rebels – police

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Friday, June 30, 2017     ILOILO City – A string of criminal charges were filed against 60 suspected members of the New People’s...

Javier charged over P10-M ‘pork’ project

BY ADRIAN STEWART CO Friday, June 30, 2017   MANILA – Former Antique governor Exequiel Javier was charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan over a P10-million rice...

Bacolod bulk water firm faces another notice of violation

BY MAE SINGUAY Friday, June 30, 2017   BACOLOD City – The Office of the Building Official (OBO) will serve the contracted bulk water supplier of the...

‘BEDROCK OF DRUGS’ Duterte: Visayas drugs coursed through Iloilo

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Thursday, June 29, 2017   MANILA – From the “most shabu-lized” in the country, Iloilo is now the “bedrock” of illegal drugs, according to...

179 Marawi refugees in Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO Thursday, June 29, 2017   ILOILO City – From Marawi City 179 Maranaos displaced in the armed conflict between government troops and the...

Varsity player shoots self over poor grades

179 Marawi refugees in Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo Thursday, June 29, 2017 ILOILO City – A varsity basketball player of Central Philippine University shot himself on the...

WV LGUs VIOLATE WASTE LAW | Many still operate open dumpsites

BY RESEL JOY TIANERO Wednesday, June 28, 2017   ILOILO City – Only 30 percent of local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas have complied with the...