ILOILO CITY – Shabu worth P1 million was seized and a suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation here on August 9. Police identified the suspect as Geovany Postalero Gozon. Gozon, 32, was apprehended in Barangay Bakhaw in Mandurriao District, known to be one of this city’s...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has dropped for the fifth consecutive month. A report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-6) said the inflation rate went down by one percent to 5.8 percent in July from 6.8 percent in June. A WOMAN passes by stalls selling...
ILOILO CITY – This city will host the Visayas leg of the Philippine Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games. The Philippine ROTC Games-Visayas starting August 13 will feature more than 1,000 ROTC cadets from Central, Eastern, and Western Visayas. The Department of National Defense (DND),...
ILOILO CITY – This city will further boost the utilization of renewable energy sources as it adheres to the programs of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas (center) inks a tripartite agreement for two programs of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is pushing for data-driven governance as a selected area for a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) program. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) "We are aiming for data-driven governance that will firm up our decisions and...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor has condemned the policeman who fired a gun in front of three civilians in this city. “We will not tolerate this kind of attitude within our ranks,” said Villaflor, two days after Police Staff Sgt. Nico F....
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) detained a passenger boat after a man jumped overboard while the vessel was transiting the Iloilo Gulf last week. BOAT crew attempts to rescue a man who jumped overboard from the Shady Slezh 2 on Friday, August 4. (Ylamme Grey/Facebook) ...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) chief, has ordered an investigation against a drunk police officer for allegedly taunting three young men and firing his weapon late Saturday night, August 5, in Jaro District here. The Jaro Police Station said the...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Capitol is investigating a provincial government employee arrested in a buy-bust operation last month. THE Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 2023-243 creating a fact-finding committee to...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the additional P8.4-billion needed to finish the construction of the mega dam project in Iloilo province. Marcos, as chairman of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo is the recipient of medicines worth P13 million from an Indian business group. Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. said the donation that can help boost medical services is a step in strengthening the ties between Iloilo and India. THE India Business Forum...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P3.87 million from live-in partners in a buy-bust operation in this city on Tuesday, Aug. 1. Suspects were identified as 41-year-old Rene “John” Aguilar Paches and 29-year-old Jean “Neneng” Famucol Narciso. LIVE-IN partners Rene ‘John’...
