ILONGGO parents must stop feeding their children with “junk” and other unhealthy food as more kids in Iloilo City are getting obese. “Obesity is a global nutritional problem. If we will not prevent it, it is very alarming. To date, there are 726 obese kids age zero to 60 months in Iloilo City,” said Ma. […]
WITH the impending threats of terrorism and rebellion, the PNP and the AFP tapped the grassroots in the campaign against terrorism and rebellion. Jon Aying, 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) commanding general, said the joint task force that they will create will be cascaded from the regional level town to the barangays. “This is a peace […]
THIRTY lives were lost while 1,754 persons were arrested in Western Visayas a year after the Duterte administration launched its aggressive anti-illegal drugs campaign. Citing these numbers, the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) claimed that the government delivered its promise to stymie the drug trade. Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, Western Visayas police director, claimed success […]
ELECTRIC cooperatives in Iloilo vowed to trim down heavy vegetation, particularly trees, which are being blamed for sudden and unscheduled blackouts in the province. Officials of Iloilo Electric Cooperatives (ILECO) I, II, and III made the assurance in a meeting with Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. on June 29, 2017 at the Capitol. The three electric […]
All is well that ends well for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 and typhoon “Yolanda” survivors in Panay, at least for now. The settlement was reached after Regional Director Rebecca Geamala dialogued with a group that held a picket outside DSWD-6 regional office in Molo, Iloilo from afternoon of June 28 to […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s latest label on Iloilo as a “bedrock of drugs” again drew varied reactions from local and police officials and even netizens. But majority of government officials reached by TDG would rather keep their sentiments to themselves fearing that they might “offend” the country’s chief executive. Only Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, Western […]
BACOLOD City – Negros Island Region has the highest number of unresolved illegal drug cases in the Philippines, according to a top official of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). Undersecretary Maria Belen Angelita Matibag, DDB executive director, made the revelation on June 29, 2017 based on data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Matibag […]
SIXTY members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were slapped with a string of criminal charges in relation to the attack on the Maasin Police Station in Iloilo on June 18, 2017. Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, acting Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, led the filing of the cases against 20 identified NPA members and […]
STOPPING the flow of illegal drugs will help former drug users who underwent community-based rehabilitation program avoid going back to their vices. Dr. Bernard Caspe, City Health Office (CHO) chief, made the comment after two clients of the Iloilo City Community Change Center or “Crossroads” tested positive for illegal drugs in a random testing conducted […]
FORMER senate president Franklin Drilon filed another set of libel charges against his avid critic, columnist and former Iloilo provincial administrator Manuel “Boy” Mejorada for cybercrime offenses before the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office on May 24, 2017. Drilon charged Mejorada of five counts of libel under Section 4 (b) of Republic Act. No. 10175 (Cybercrime […]
IT’S BEEN a year since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office but the construction of the P11-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) II in Calinog, Iloilo has yet to commence. Looking back, the project is actually delayed by more than seven years. JRMP II is part of a two-stage project, which aimed to tap the Jalaur […]
BACOLOD City – Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jesus Hinlo Jr. denied allegations that he is involved in anomalies and has links to a Negros-based gambling lord. In a statement, Hinlo, who hails from this city, labeled as “black propaganda” the accusations contained in a confidential memorandum submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte. […]
