ILOILO CITY – Graft and corruption charges have been filed against key officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-6 for allegedly rigging the bidding process in favor of Iloilo-based International Builders Corp. (IBC), the biggest contractor in Western Visayas region. The complaint...
Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC), the infrastructure unit of the Aboitiz Group, is aiming to deliver long-term water security in Iloilo City after bagging the original proponent status (OTS) for its proposal to construct and operate the city’s bulk water facility. AIC said the OPS to develop the Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Media-Citizen Council (IMCC) renewed the call for ethical journalism following the recent conviction for cyber libel of broadcast journalist Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. “The struggle for press freedom must go hand-in-hand with a deep commitment to ethical...
ILOILO CITY—Ilonggo cuisine and society took center stage at the recent 11th Iloilo Theater Festival (ILOTF) organized by the University of San Agustin (USA). In the play “Halo-Halo Atbp.,” the USA Little Theater (USALT) staged four short plays that fuse key known Ilonggo food staples while...
ILOILO CITY – Police said the robust campaign against loose firearms prevented major election-related violence in Iloilo province. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said almost 250 firearms were retrieved beginning Jan....
ILOILO CITY – Broadcaster Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. was found guilty of three counts of cyber libel filed by contractor Shariko Salcedo, three days after losing in the elections for councilor here. The Iloilo City Regional Trial Court Branch 39 on Thursday, May 15, found Capulot guilty. He...
ILOILO CITY – There were no significant changes in Iloilo province after the May 12 polls with elective positions still in the control of the Defensor, Garin, Biron, Debuque, Gorriceta, and Tupas political families. PHOTOS show members of the Defensor, Gorriceta, Biron, Debuque, and Tupas clans...
ILOILO CITY – Women bagged key posts in the province and city of Iloilo in the May elections. DEBUQUE, Garin, Gorriceta, Tupas, Jam-Jam Baronda, Love-Love Baronda, and Treñas. Mayor Nathalie “Lee Ann” Debuque of Anilao town defeated fifth district Rep. Raul “Boboy” Tupas for vice...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo Police Provincial Office has formed a team to probe an alleged massive vote-buying incident in Dueñas town, Iloilo province. Office of Civil Defense-Eastern Visayas Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion was allegedly seen at the site of the incident. THE area where...
ILOILO CITY—Nine people were injured when a passenger jeep flipped over in Leon town, Iloilo province on Thursday, May 8. “They were on their way back home to Barangay Ingay from the town proper when the accident occurred,” said Police Lt. Mark Cortez, deputy chief of the Leon Municipal...
ILOILO CITY – Six chiefs of police in Iloilo and Capiz province were reshuffled ahead of the elections. Police Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, chief information officer of the Police Regional Office-6, said on Wednesday, May 7, that five of them are under the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) –...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued separate show cause orders against Vice Mayor Macario “Doc Mac” Nicer Napulan for alleged non-registration of his social media page and non-disclosure of animated videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in his campaign to...
