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AMBUSH SITE. A policeman inspects this crime scene in Barangay Cabugao Norte, Santa Barbara, Iloilo where a farmer was fatally ambushed while driving his motorcycle yesterday morning, Sept. 11, 2019. Probers say the attack could have been sparked by a land dispute. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Motorcycle-riding gunmen shoot farmer

ILOILO City – A 72-year-old farmer was shot to death by two motorcycle-riding gunmen yesterday in Barangay Cabugao Norte, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. Police believed land dispute sparked the...
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Road clearing tricky for some mayors

ILOILO – Clearing roads and sidewalks is a big challenge for some mayors, revealed Mayor Mediatrix Fernandez of San Enrique, Iloilo and president of the League...
Cong. Julienne Baronda. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

GIVE MORE POWER A CHANCE – BARONDA

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) did not even get to first base. The House of Representatives’ Committee on Legislative Franchises threw out its application...
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Ramon “Monsik” Sullano. IME SORNITO/PN

Santa Barbara SB member elected PCL-Iloilo president

ILOILO – Garnering 303 votes, Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Ramon “Monsik” Sullano was elected president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) Iloilo chapter last night at...

PECO to MORE: Where are your promised facilities?

ILOILO - Panay Electric Company (PECO) had slammed More Electric and Power Corporation (MORE) after latter failed to deliver what they have promised...
SIDELINED SIDEWALK VENDORS. Facing imminent displacement, hundreds of sidewalk vendors hold a meeting at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand. The city’s roads and sidewalks are being cleared of obstructions. Will they hold a protest rally? They have until this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, to leave their area. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

City sidewalk vendors get 5-day reprieve

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has given sidewalk vendors five more days to vacate their areas and relocate to the city government-designated relocation site –...
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PARENTAL NEGLECT: ICPO wants erring parents punished

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) plans to go tough on the parents or guardians of children in conflict with the law or those...
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’90% of rescued Iloilo City girls have STI’

ILOILO City – Ninety percent of adolescent girls it rescued had sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), according to the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO). “Ginakasubo ko gid nga...
Colonel Roland Vilela, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Vilela warns public vs impostor asking money, mobile phone load

ILOILO City – Somebody is passing himself off as Police Colonel Roland Vilela, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Director, and asking money and mobile phone...

IPPO to train ‘tanods’ for ‘Bantay Dalan operations

ILOILO – The provincial government will tap the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) for a novel undertaking – set up patrol teams that will not only...