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’...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and shabu worth more than P3.5 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Santa Barbara, Iloilo on Saturday, July 29. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-6 identified the suspects as live-in partners Salvador Hinolan Ruiz, 33,...
ILOILO CITY —The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) has recognized the Iloilo provincial government led by Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. for promoting the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). “The commitment demonstrated by the Iloilo provincial government on disability...
ILOILO CITY — Sen. Imee Marcos has outright denied talks of that one of the sons of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is running for an elective post here. “Sinabi ko lang na may ganoong chismis. Nakiki-marites lang ako (I only said there were rumors. I was only joining the gossip),” the...
ILOILO CITY – Two New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the 61st Infantry Battalion in Leon town, Iloilo province on Saturday, July 29. “We condole with the bereaved families of the two rebels,” said Lt. Col. Arturo Balgos Jr., acting 61st IB commander, following the...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven fishermen from a distressed boat off the coast of Carles, Iloilo. Personnel from PCG substations in Estancia and Carles responded to the half-submerged fishing boat Raj Warrior between Gigantes Island in Carles and Jintutulo Island in...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has limited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages here until 12 midnight due to increasing bar fights and other criminal incidents. A DISCO bar in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Due the rising numbers of establishments engaging in unregulated dispensation...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested five brothers for allegedly selling shabu worth P408,000 in this city on Wednesday, July 26. Jovan, Jessie, Jamer, Jonel, and Joebert Billones were nabbed after they sold shabu to a police poseur-buyer. Police listed 35-year-old Jovan as a high-value drug pusher....
