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ILOILO CITY – The new mayor and vice mayor of the municipality of Zarraga town, Iloilo province officially assumed their posts after taking their oath before Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. on Wednesday. Sangguniang Bayan member Jeffrey Silveo replaced former Mayor Jofel Soldevilla, while municipal...

ILOILO CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed Mayor Maria Jofel Marañon-Soldevilla and Vice Mayor Michael Omar Lacson of Zarraga town in Iloilo province for grave abuse of authority in a P11.6-million land purchase. The 22-page decision approved last Sept. 12 and publicly made...

ILOILO CITY – A barangay chairman in Zarraga town, Iloilo province was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Friday, July 14. Police identified the suspect as Bernard Galache, 55, chairman of Barangay Inagdangan Centro. Galache was arrested after he sold suspected shabu to a police poseur-buyer....

ILOILO CITY – A Catholic priest in Zarraga town, Iloilo province slammed the bikini open event of two barangays as part of their fiesta celebration.   FR. Rogelio Palmos Jr., the administrator of the Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish in Zarraga town, Iloilo province. (Parish of Saint...

Farmers in the municipality of Zarraga in Iloilo province will no longer have to wade through a stream to bring their produce to the market as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) completed the construction of the 28.8-meter bridge connecting two barangays. With the completion of the bridge,...