21+ hour, 1+ min ago   (681+ words) BACOLOD CITY — The House Committee on Energy will hold a briefing Wednesday, Sept. 16, on the continuing power outages in the Visayas grid and on the ancillary service charges being passed on to consumers, Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Javier Miguel “Javi…...

21+ hour, 10+ min ago   (562+ words) BACOLOD CITY — “Catch the perpetrators.” This was the directive of Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria to Police Col. Jonathan Abella, newly assigned acting provincial director of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO), following the deaths of an American…...

21+ hour, 1+ min ago   (725+ words) By Rjay Zuriaga Castor ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City needs a comprehensive drainage system that links barangay networks to outfalls and pumping stations, City Engineer Mavi Gustilo said, as the city government works to address recurring flooding during heavy rains. “Our…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (989+ words) MANILA – Nearly two-thirds of Filipino adults believe Vice President Sara Duterte should return PHP 73 million in disallowed confidential funds to the national coffers, according to the August 2026 issue of The National Momentum Survey. The non-commissioned survey found that 64% of Filipino…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (402+ words) By Jennifer P. Rendon ILOILO CITY — A jobless man was arrested in another anti-illegal drug operation on the afternoon of Sept. 13 in Lapuz, Iloilo City. Alias Janjan, 44, of Barangay Calubihan, Jaro, Iloilo City, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1164+ words) By Rjay Zuriaga Castor ILOILO CITY – Consumers in the Visayas endured recurring rotational brownouts in August, and they could now face higher electricity bills after wholesale power prices in the region surged to their highest levels yet amid tight supply…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (926+ words) By Rjay Zuriaga Castor ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Council may choose not to adopt a Department of the Interior and Local Government legal opinion limiting the vice mayor’s participation in the legislative proceedings of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the agency’s…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (728+ words) ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City government was fined PHP 10,000 by the Land Transportation Office Region 6 for operating a government dump truck on a public road without a license plate and with defective brake lights. LTO-6 Regional Director Gaudioso P. Geduspan…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (302+ words) By Jennifer P. Rendon ILOILO CITY — A 28-year-old construction worker was arrested during an anti-drug operation in Lapuz district on the evening of Sept. 8. Police identified the suspect only as “Toto,” a resident of Barangay Alalasan, Lapuz. Members of the Iloilo…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (345+ words) BACOLOD CITY — The Bacolod City Police Office seized suspected shabu, or crystal methamphetamine, valued at PHP 1,462,000 in separate buy-bust operations that led to two arrests here on Sept. 7 and 8. Authorities confiscated 65 grams of suspected shabu valued at PHP 442,000 in Barangay…...