REGION 6 WAGE HIKE APPROVED
Beginning March 16, the daily minimum wage of private sector workers in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental will increase.
Cops raring to resume ‘drug war’
Policemen here and in Iloilo province are ready to resume their campaign against illegal drugs.
The task groups against illegal drugs will be regrouped, according to Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Senior Superintendent Harold Tuzon.
RAID YIELDS P.5-M SHABU
Shabu worth half a million pesos was seized from the house of a high-value drug suspect in Barangay South San Jose, Molo district.
DESPITE DRUG CLAIM
Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence that Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is involved in illegal drugs, the city’s chief executive said he remains supportive of the government’s campaign against drug trafficking, corruption and criminality.
US nat’l nabbed for ‘human trafficking’
A 52-year-old American national charged with cyber pornography and human trafficking in Manila was arrested here yesterday.
Police deployment for ASEAN meetings starts
Beginning today, the city will be crawling with policemen.
Bing wants school in relocation site
Mayor Evelio Leonadia asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to open a high school in a relocation site.
STRIKERS MAY LOSE FRANCHISES
The strike of passenger jeepney drivers and operators yesterday was a violation of their franchises, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 6.
Drilon ousted as Senate president pro tempore
Sen. Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party (LP) was ousted as Senate president pro tempore at the start of the plenary session yesterday afternoon.
5 arrested in suspected int’l swindling op
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents caught in Fort San Pedro five people allegedly involved in a “worldwide” syndicated fraud that victimized a woman from the island province of Guimaras.