ILOILO CITY — A man was caught hours after escaping police custody in Oton, Iloilo on Wednesday afternoon, July 15. Oton police chief Police Lt. Col. Arnel Solis said that 26-year-old suspect was caught past 2 p.m. or more than three hours after evading police at around 11 a.m. The suspect was...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 found no lawmen linked to illegal quarry operations in Iloilo province in an investigation. PRO-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said the comprehensive investigation conducted by PRO-6 with the assistance of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-6...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Richard Garin of Miag-ao, Iloilo has not seen the complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for alleged illegal quarrying. “I have not seen the complaint, so indi pa kita maka comment. Let’s just wait,” said Garin on Monday, July 13. Last week, Salvador...
By Frankie Bernardo For years, Iloilo Bike Festival has reflected the city 's rise as the Philippines ' biking capital, celebrating a culture built on people-friendly bike lanes, wide streets, and a growing appreciation of active mobility. Iloilo Business Park, property giant...
ILOILO CITY – The town of Dumangas in Iloilo province is being eyed as a site for an extension of the Iloilo Hall of Justice. The Iloilo provincial government and the Supreme Court are looking at potential sites for a judicial complex that will house the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 6-Family...
ILOILO CITY—Despite being incomplete, the megadam project in Iloilo province has started providing water for farmlands and enabled the planting of rice for a third cropping. The Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project-Stage II (JRMP-II) of the National Irrigation Administration-6 has started...
ILOILO CITY – While technology is readily available with gadgets, an educator is pushing for early reading to children to boost literacy rate. “It should be as young as three-years-old,” said Gyralyn "Teacher Ging" Ariola, founder of The Reading Station. In its 25th year, TRS recently opened...
ILOILO CITY – Lady activist Josephine Parra Porquia of Migrante was released from detention three months after she was arrested during Holy Week in Pavia, Iloilo. Panay Alliance Karapatan announced Porquia’s release on Tuesday, July 7, after the court junked charges of illegal possession of...
ILOILO CITY — The Molo Police Station of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is facing another probe due to alleged illegalities and abuses during police operations, particularly anti-drug operations. Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño announced that the Police Regional Office-6 is...
ILOILO CITY—Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth more than P28 million in Iloilo province last month. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said 4.1 kilos of shabu and 355 grams of marijuana were confiscated from June 1 to 30. The Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) under Police...
ILOILO CITY—A fugitive former police officer and the subject of the controversial raid of the Iloilo City Police Office-Molo Police Station on July 1 surrendered on Sunday, July 5. The suspect, Police Corporal Jerry Villanueva, turned himself in to Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen....
ILOILO CITY – A probe is underway after a Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group search for a fugitive ex-police officer turned out to be a chaotic raid of a police station in this city on Wednesday, July 1. PNP-IMEG operatives allegedly disarmed police officers and...
