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By Paulo Loreto Lim After Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III ordered improvements for the city’s Jaro Plaza earlier this month, City Engineer Roberto Divinagracia said the project should be completed by next week, on November 1. Espinosa earlier ordered the installation of more lighting units, saying, “Good lighting prevents accidents.” According to Divinagracia, some 20 …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday thanked the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) for liberating Marawi City from the Maute terror group, which is backed by the Islamic State (IS). Despite the liberation of the city, the president urged Filipinos to remain …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Militant groups clashed with police yesterday, attempting to break through MassKara Festival sites with President Rodrigo Duterte in town for the close of the annual celebration. Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Negros Occidental chapter Secretary-General Noli Rosales said the president has not fulfilled his promises, namely, ending  job contractualization and …

Roxas: Western Visayas residents would never believe such allegations  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary and 2016 Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas laughed off allegations by former Berya drug group member Ricky Serenio linking him to the illegal drug trade in Negros …

Paduano: Lacson is an honorable man By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Abang-Lingkod party-list Rep. Stephen Paduano expressed his surprise in response to allegations made by former Barangay 35 Captain Manuel ‘Maui’ Huelar linking Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr., Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, and former fourth district congressman Jeffrey Ferrer to an alleged illegal …

Villar: The P2B should be utilized at all costs By Paulo Loreto Lim According to Senator Cynthia Villar, who was in Bacolod City over the weekend for the MassKara Festival, the government will be providing the sugar industry with P750 million next year through the Sugar Industry Development Act (SIDA), instead of P2 billion. Villar …

Units of the Philippine Army 301st Infantry Brigade (301 IB) are currently on alert in Panay following a reported encounter with the New People’s Army over the weekend. According to Philippine Army 61st Infantry Battalion (61 IB) commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sisenando Magbalot, Jr., members of his battalion were engaged in a five minute clash with …

Vice Governor called the allegations ‘obviously malicious’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. and former Negros Occidental fourth district Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer yesterday announced plans to file legal raps against embattled former Barangay 35 Captain Maui Huelar, after he linked them and Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Former Negros Occidental fourth district Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer, who unsuccessfully ran for vice governor in 2016, said he is considering running for either governor or vice governor in the 2019 elections. He ruled out a run for Congress as his wife, Juliet Ferrer, succeeded him as fourth district representative …

By Paulo Loreto Lim   Based on data gathered between October 9 and 15, the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) recorded a total 61 reported criminal incidents, a drop from the 99 reported during the same period last year, which resulted in a 38 percent drop. “The decrease in criminal incidents was due to weekly …