WICKED WEATHER

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Classes were suspended yesterday as many areas, including schools, remained flooded due to heavy rains...

‘DPWH must explain’

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA and PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter ILOILO City – Monday night’s torrential rains caused flashfloods in areas with new and ongoing construction...

‘We liquidated CAs,’ suspended workers insist

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – The five city government employees suspended for allegedly failing to liquidate cash advances (CAs) have broken their silence. Pacita Tero,...

Jing-jing may lose post in brgy council

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – Any barangay official convicted by the court may be disqualified from holding office, according to the Commission on...

CIDG TO REOPEN 3 ‘COLD CASES’

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Region 6 will reinvestigate crimes that have not yet been...

Western Visayas Zika cases now at 10

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The number of Zika virus infections in Western Visayas rose to 10. The City Health Office (CHO) yesterday confirmed two...

Negros police verifying ‘drug matrix’

BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN BACOLOD City – The police are authenticating a “drug matrix” that local reporters received from an anonymous source. The 14-page document contained...

Jing-jing faces imprisonment

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – Four years after the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction for frustrated murder, Barangay Kagawad Jesus “Jing-jing” Espinosa Jr....

‘PUNISH SLOW CONTRACTORS’

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – How do you solve a problem like the slow construction of roads in this city? The contractors should hire...

Drug lords’ minions hiding – PDEA

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – Relentless antidrug operations have forced the minions of suspected drug lords Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr. and Richard Prevendido...