ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has joined the mounting opposition against the Supreme Court ruling that opened the 15-kilometer boundary of municipal waters to large-scale commercial fishing. FISHING boats off the coast of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....
CEBU CITY – Actor Baron Geisler was briefly detained for drunken behavior in Mandaue City, Cebu province. GEISLER Police said the 42-year-old Geisler was taken into custody at 3:50 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, on Psalm St. in Barangay Canduman. Geisler was released the same day but was fined for...
ILOILO CITY – Police said no kidnapping of children were recorded in this province and city. POLICE Colonels Bayani Razalan (left) and Kim Legada, chiefs of the Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) and Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), during a meeting. (Tara Yap) “Allegations of...
Eighty years after the “Miracle at Colaique” in February 1945, devotees in Antipolo retraced the journey of Nuestra Señora dela Paz Y Buenviaje (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage) by trekking the same path taken by residents who evacuated their homes during the Japanese occupation, fearing...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 52-year-old tricycle driver was shot dead inside a comfort room on Saturday evening, Feb. 22, in Barangay Mayapa, this city. Police identified the victim as Senen Bulatao. Investigation said a gunshot was heard from the comfort room and an individual saw the victim...
CEBU CITY – A 25-year-old man believed to be mentally unstable ran amok and hacked his father and neighbor dead on Friday afternoon, Feb. 21, in Barangay Luka, Oslob town, Cebu province. Police identified the victims as Marciano Dinaguit, 70, and Summy Armalinto, 75. Investigation said the...
CEBU CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte is expected to attend an indignation rally on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Mandaue City, Cebu. DUTERTE (PDP-Laban FB) Organizers are expecting thousands to attend the Cebu People’s Indignation Rally to protest the impeachment of Vice President Sara...
CEBU CITY – A public school teacher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion Occidental, Consolacion town, Cebu province. Jedeestel Luvite Pernito, 50, and his two alleged cohorts, Jerom Casipong Nuevo, 23, and Clint Cuyos Gersale, 25, were cornered past midnight on Friday,...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) inaugurated the PRC-Laguna Chapter City of Santa Rosa, Laguna branch blood facility on Thursday, Feb. 20, further strengthening its humanitarian presence and blood services in the province. PHILIPPINE Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Gwen Pang, PRC...
ILOILO CITY – Construction is set to begin for the country’s largest desalination plant in Metro Iloilo. BUSINESSMAN Manny Pangilinan graces the groundbreaking of the country’s biggest desalination plant in Iloilo City on Friday, Feb. 21. (Tara Yap) Secretary Jonvic Remulla of...
Several shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Diocese of Antipolo, covering the Catholic churches in Rizal Province and Marikina City, have started offering prayers for the swift recovery of Pope Francis. Leading the recitation of the prayers for Pope Francis are the International...
ILOILO CITY – Consumer group Bantay ng Bayan 101 (BNB) Association has urged better power services in southern Iloilo province. LINEMEN of MORE Power at work in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The BNB 101 has issued a resolution asking Iloilo Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin to push for the expansion of...
