Security tightened ahead of festivities Effective yesterday, Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) director, Police Colonel Roland Vilela, said security will be stepped up ahead of the upcoming Dinagyang Festival including checkpoint and chokepoint operations being doubled in an effort to intercept contraband and deter movements of criminals. “We support the goal of a zero major …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Dinagyang Festival 2020
Signal shutdown scheduled for January 26 The Iloilo City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently approved a resolution recommending a telecommunications, or signal, shutdown on January 26, the date of the Dinagyang Festival highlights. The shutdown is expected to take place from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will affect areas within a three-kilometer radius of the …
Gun holder nabbed for unlicensed firearm
The police had arrested a man during a checkpoint in Barangay R. Armada in Iloilo’s Janiuay town for possessing an unlicensed firearm. Taken to Janiuay Police Station was Romy Pancrudoi, 48 of Barangay Janipaan Oeste in the province’s Cabatuan town. Pancrudo was arrested at around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday when he passed by the police checkpoint. …
Iloilo City extends pork products ban until June
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas yesterday announced the extension of the ban of pork and pork-by products originating or processed from Luzon and countries positive of African swine fever (ASF) until June 2020. Treñas, in an interview, said the ban remains after it was explained to him by Iloilo City veterinarian Dr. Tomas Forteza …
Ilonggo shot at home
A man was shot by unknown person around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday while he is in the terrace of his house in Barangay Improgo in Iloilo’s Sara town. Confined at the town’s district hospital sustaining a gunshot wound on his right chest was Reynaldo Destacamento, 56, resdiente of the place. The police have yet to …
Man electrocuted in Iloilo
A man was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday after he was electrocuted at Barangay Pandac in Iloilo’s Pavia town. Confined at Western Visayas Medical Center for burns on his hands was Feleciano Sucorin of the said place. Reports revealed the victim was electrocuted at around 11 a.m. after he held the electric wire, letting a …
Widower found dead in Bago City
A widower was found dead in a drainage canal around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Purok Hilado in Bago City’s Barangay Taloc. Ramon Sidonio Hernaiz, 67, of Purok Proper North in the barangay, was found face-down in the10-feet drainage canal. He was last seen around 6:30 p.m. on the same day riding his bicycle and …
Three dead in Murcia motorcycle crash
Paramedics: The victims were drunk By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three people are confirmed dead after the motorcycle they were riding struck a parked vehicle Wednesday night in Murcia’s Barangay Salvacion. Authorities identified the fatalities as 27-year-old Kim Aringa Pugoy, 22-year-old Marc Christopher Guzon, and 25-year-old Tommy Dumdumaya, all residents of the said town. Based …
Suspect kills daughter while evading police in Negros Oriental
A drug suspect killed his daughter Wednesday morning while trying to elude police during a buy-bust operation in Bais City, Negros Oriental. Police have requested anonymity for the six-year-old victim. Based on information provided by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, the suspect was accompanied by his daughter during the drug transaction and, when the …
Cops ready security plan for Bacolaodiat fest
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is stepping up security preparations for the 2020 Bacolaodiat Festival from January 31 to February 2. BCPO Operations Branch chief, Lt. Col. Lester Leada, said yesterday that he met with the event secretariat, which includes the Bacolod Traffic Management Authority, earlier this week to discuss security and traffic arrangements …