Murcia dad: I cut my ties to gambling
By EUGENE ADIONG
MURCIA, Negros Occidental — A municipal councilor allegedly behind illegal gambling operations in this town denied being an active operator and financier.
Sangguniang...
Prov’l drivers uneasy
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Provincial jeepney drivers are restive. They fear losing passengers and sizeable income.
The Iloilo City government will implement the Comprehensive Perimeter...
Former Iloilo solon sues PNoy for libel
BYÂ PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Ex-congressman Augusto Syjuco Jr. of Iloilo’s 2nd District charged President Benigno Aquino III before the Office of the Ombudsman with the crime...
Cop ‘tipsters’ alarm IPPO chief
By Glenda SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, Senior Supt. Cornelio Salinas is alarmed over reports that some police personnel alert drug...
EX-REBEL GUNNED DOWN
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – A former member of the New People’s Army with ties to the slain brother of retired Archbishop Fernando Capalla...
Iloilo’s most wanted man falls
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO – The province’s most wanted person was finally arrested after eight years of hiding from the police.
The 27-year-old Ronilo Jimenez,...
Girl, 17, hangs self
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A 17-year-old girl committed suicide in their neighbor's house in Brgy. Sambag, Jaro district.
Angel (not her real name)...
Prov’l agri chief plays down raps
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) chief Dr. Ildefonso Toledo maintained there was nothing irregular in the implementation of the Rice Development...
5 WV EX-SOLONS IN ‘NAPOLIST’
BYÂ PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles has identified five former congressmen from Western Visayas in signed affidavits listing legislators who purportedly transacted...
‘NEGLECT OF DUTY’Prov’l agri chief, aide in trouble
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has adopted the recommendation of the fact-finding committee he created early this year to look into...