Rep. Julienne “Jam Jam” Baronda of the lone district of Iloilo City is seeking to reclassify the shoreline in two districts used for decades as commercial spaces and residential areas by informal settlers. Baronda filed House Bill No. 4298 to repeal Republic Act No. 4767 or the 1966 law that...
Former Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and his daughter, neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas, have disowned Uswag Ilonggo party-list following the alleged involvement of Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. in flood control kickbacks. Jerry was the first to issue a statement that distanced himself from Uswag...
ILOILO CITY — MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has assured potential investors in this city of reliable power supply. “Iloilo will be ready for investment. We would be confident and not be afraid of any investment that would come, and that would require power,” said MORE Power...
ILOILO CITY – Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. of Uswag Ilonggo party-list has denied kickback allegations by controversial contractors Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II and his wife Sarah. “I strongly and categorically deny the baseless accusations against me of alleged corrupt practices and...
ILOILO CITY – A special police force has been deployed to quell crimes in this city. Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan sent the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-6 to portions of Mandurriao District where many publicized incidents over a period of almost a month had...
ILOILO CITY – Neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas of this city has drawn flak for announcing her administration is extending help to the family of a suspect in a robbery incident that victimized the wife of a former provincial police chief. “Oh my God!” exclaimed retired Police Col. Cornelio Salinas...
ILOILO CITY — The word war between Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “JamJam” Baronda and former Mayor Jerry Treñas and daughter incumbent Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu has escalated. Raisa released a statement on Thursday, Sept. 4, asking Baronda and the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – Lawmen apprehended a man who allegedly robbed the wife of a former police chief of Iloilo province here in 24 hours. The 39-year-old suspect pointed a gun while Dr. Maria Lulu Divinah Salinas, wife of retired Police Col. Cornelio Salinas Jr., was waiting for her husband in a mall...
ILOILO CITY – Neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas of this city wants to stop all flood control projects undertaken by the companies of the controversial Discaya family. “Since na revoke, pa untaton ta man ila tanan diri nga ongoing projects (Since it was revoked, we will stop all their ongoing...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Council on Wednesday pressed the resignation of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Iloilo City District Engineer Roy Pacanan, three days after he filed a courtesy resignation in compliance with Secretary Vince Dizon’s directive on Sept. 1. The Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — Police seized shabu valued at P15.9 million in this city last month. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) said 83 drug suspects yielded more than 2.3 kilos grams of shabu. Thirty-five were classified as high-value targets (HVTs) and 48 were street-level drug peddlers in the Aug. 1...
ILOILO CITY — Militant groups have opposed the 300-percent real property tax (RPT) increase in this city. They called the move “unjust” and “anti-poor” during a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Plazoleta Gay, at the heart of the old business district here. They claimed that 519 local...
