By: Emme Rose Santiagudo ILOILO City Councilor Plaridel Nava filed administrative cases against four medical staff of Western Visayas Medical Center on Tuesday at the Office of Ombudsman Visayas. Nava filed administrative charges for gross neglect of duty, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of public service, and violation of Republic Act 6713 or the […]
FORMER Iloilo provincial administrator Manuel Mejorada said he is preparing fresh criminal and administrative cases against Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. and the mayor of Lemery, Iloilo for alleged technical malversation of public funds and falsification of public documents. Mejorada said the latest case stemmed from the P1,480,015 released to the Lemery municipal government under Mayor […]
JAMINDAN, Capiz – A key leader of the National Democratic Front (NDF) was arrested on March 24, 2019 at Barangay Calumpang, Liliw, Laguna. Francisco “Frank” Fernandez, 71, also a spokesman of NDF-Negros, was arrested with his 66-year-old wife Cleofe Lagtapon, alleged deputy regional secretary of education of the Komite Rehiyon-Negros Cebu Bohol Siquijor (KR-NCBS); and […]
Yes, it is possible that cocaine has invaded Western Visayas. But the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said its proliferation could not be considered rampant as of now. Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, PRO-6, issued the statement following the arrest of a freelance disc jockey in Boracay Island during an anti-narcotics operation at around 1 a.m. of […]
By: Emme Rose Santiagudo ILOILO City Mayor Jose Espinosa said he temporarily dropped his plan to file a case against Treasurer Jinny Hermano over the latter’s continued defiance to sign the payrolls of excess job hires. In an interview Monday, Espinosa said the Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines prevents him from filing a case […]
By: Emme Rose Santiagudo THREE of the strongest bets for the mayoral post of Iloilo City faced each other in a candidates’ forum organized by Aksyon Radyo Iloilo and University of the Philippines Visayas on March 23, 2019. Supporters of incumbent mayor Jose Espinosa III of the Nacionalista Party (NP), his brother-in-law and Iloilo City […]
By: Limuel S. Celebria IN 2010, Art Defensor Sr. made a stirring comeback as Governor of the Province of Iloilo running against then Barotac Viejo Mayor Raul “Boboy” Tupas, son of then outgoing Governor Niel Tupas. Defensor’s comeback was supported by the Garins with Richard being Defensor’s running mate for Vice Governor. Also in his […]
A MAN believed to be leader of a New People’s Army (NPA) squad was killed in yet another encounter between suspected rebels and the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion. The latest clash happened March 24, 2019 at Sitio Burak, Barangay Alimodias, Miagao, Iloilo. A composite platoon of the 61st Infantry Battalion led by Staff Sergeant […]
By: Emme Rose Santiagudo THE Iloilo City government is preparing for a possible water crisis as the El Niño phenomenon rages on. In an interview on Friday, Mayor Jose Espinosa said they are now prepositioning 39 water tanks that will deliver water to affected barangays. “Ginpa-account ko na kay General Services Office (GSO) head Joren Sartorio ang dalagko […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A police officer from Brgy. Libas here was gunned down by two unidentified suspects Friday last week inside in his rented house in Caloocan City, Metro Manila. PO2 Cris Robert Castro succumbed to gunshot wounds in different parts of his body and two stab wounds on his back. He was inside […]
The question remains: Where’s Ernesto “Erning” Bolivar? More than a year after placing him in their crosshairs, police have yet to collar Bolivar, who is now dubbed as Western Visayas’ top suspected drug personality. Despite police’s, and even Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), effort to maintain a tracking team to hunt down Bolivar, he remains […]
AN ALLEGED subordinate of Western Visayas’ top suspected drug personality Ernesto “Erning” Bolivar was arrested in an anti-narcotics operation early evening of March 21, 2019 in Pototan, Iloilo. Rizalino Tigullo Jr., 31, was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Barangay San Jose. A lending collector, Tigullo is considered a high-value target […]
