ILOILO CITY – The sole electricity distributor of this city, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), is set to reduce its consumer rate by P2.76 per kilowatt-hour for the billing period November 18 to December 14. LINEMEN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City. “This is an early...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is eyeing to increase its confidential fund for next year to P20 million to support the police here, particularly in its campaign against illegal drugs. POLICE Col. Joeresty Coronica, chief the of the Iloilo City Police Office, and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas...
ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army seized ammunition from an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. Troops recovered four live ammunition and 19 empty cartridges of 5.56mm following an encounter in Sitio Bacan, Barangay...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader in the City Proper District here on November 9. The suspect was identified as Jonathan “Ka Bambie” Emolaga, the vice commanding officer of the NPA Komiteng...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized shabu worth P20.4 million from three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camalig, Jaro District, here on Thursday night, November 9. SUSPECTED shabu worth P20.4-million were seized from three drug pushers in Iloilo City on Thursday, November 9....
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar is pushing for the growth of the coffee, cacao, and coconut industries. SEN. Cynthia Villar talks to the media at the Coffee, Cacao, and Coconut (CoCaNut) Congress in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “There is a need to establish a sustainable and competitive coffee,...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 on Monday, October 9, awarded 12 policemen across Western Visayas region for exemplary performance. THE Police Regional Office-6 awards exemplary police officers on Monday, October 9, in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. (PRO-6 PIO) PRO-6 chief...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City police chief Police Col. Joeresty Coronica denied on Wednesday, November 8, that they are behind the gruesome murder of a man whose head and arms were chopped off. CORONICA (PNP ICPO) “We have nothing to do with this,” said Coronica in response to allegations that...
ILOILO CITY – Super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) was an eye opener for disaster preparedness and disaster response, an official of the Iloilo provincial government said. AERIAL photo shows the devastation of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ in Estancia, Iloilo on November...
ILOILO CITY – The head of a missing individual killed on Monday, November 6, was found in this city the following day, Tuesday, November 6. CRIME scene investigators probe the cadaver of a man found in Jaro, Iloilo City on Monday, Nov. 6. The victim’s head and arms were amputated. (Photo...
ILOILO CITY — In 2019, abstract artist Al Provido of Iloilo thought he was done for, after, at the age of 48, he suffered a stroke. After getting out of the hospital, Al only had one thing in mind — hatred. “Hatred for my life. Hatred for what happened to me,” Al told Manila...
ILOILO CITY — Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief here, ordered an in-depth investigation after body parts were found in two different areas in this city on Monday, November 6. CRIME scene investigators check the cadaver of a man without a head and arms found in Jaro, Iloilo City on...
