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(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, May 24, said she and her colleagues in the committee on public services would hold a hearing on the “domino effect” of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law in Iloilo on Friday, May 25. “Kailangang isipin natin kung paano mapagagaan ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan lalo na sa probinsya dahil sa pagmahal ng kuryente, tubig at bilihin at ang nakaambang pagtaas ng pamasahe,” Poe […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court is all set to start the manual recount of ballots cast in three provinces on the vice-presidential race early next year as the electoral protest case filed by vice-presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos moved forward. The recount of the ballots in Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province, will be done in the Supreme Court’s gymnasium. Both camps remained positive that […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of Iloilo Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog from government service. The anti-graft body, in a 13-page decision dated Aug. 29, dismissed Mabilog, who was named a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte, for serious dishonesty relative to his unlawful acquisition of wealth. This was after Mabilog failed to explain the almost P9-million increase in his wealth as shown in his 2012 and 2013 Statement of Assets, […]
(Eagle News)– The runway at the Iloilo International Airport was temporarily closed early Saturday, following what airline authorities said was the “veer(ing) to the side” of a Cebu Pacific plane the day before. It was still unclear what caused flight 5J 461–which came from Manila—to do the same upon landing at the airport. Cebu Pacific reported, however, that all 180 passengers and its six crew members, who were made to evacuate the plane by the captain, are […]
(Eagle News) — More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a plane upon its arrival at the Iloilo International Airport on Friday. In an advisory, Cebu Pacific said the passengers of flight 5J461 from Manila to Iloilo were evacuated at 11:18 p.m. It did not say what prompted the emergency evacuation. “All passengers are accounted for and are safe. They are being attended to by airport personnel,” it added.
(Eagle News) — Malacañang has denied it had a hand in the sudden cancellation of Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido’s reassignment to Iloilo. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the move to cancel was done by the “leadership of the Philippine National Police following the established policies and procedures in the transfer, reassignment and designation of their personnel.” The PNP said a provincial police force should be led by a police official with the […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido will no longer be reassigned to Iloilo. Chief Supt. Cesar Binag, Police Regional Office 6 director, said this in a radio interview on Saturday, after receiving what he said was an official document from the Philippine National Police higher-ups “that cancels the reassignment” of Espenido in Iloilo City. President Duterte had called Iloilo the “bedrock of drugs” in the Visayas, and had tagged its mayor, Jed Mabilog, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Iloilo City chief of police, Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, said that he will follow the rule of law in his new assignment. Espenido said that part of his job was to verify the information that Iloilo City is the bedrock of drug trade in the Visayas region. “I-prove natin kung gaano katotoo yung information na involved sila o hindi. Talagang ipaiiral natin kung alin ang totoong batas. […]
ANINI-Y, Antique (Eagle News) – A magnitude-4.4 earthquake shook Antique on Wednesday morning, July 26. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the center of the quake was recorded at 37 kilometers southeast of Anini-y, Antique. It is tectonic in origin and has a depth of eight kilometers. Intensity 2 was recorded in San Jose de Buenavista, the capital of Antique. The quake was also felt in Iloilo.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The mayor of Maasin, Iloilo implemented a curfew in his town following the attack on the police station in Maasin, Iloilo by members of the New People’s Army (NPA). Maasin Mayor Mariano Malones implemented a curfew from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM. This is expected to last for one month or once authorities in the area determine that Maasin is safe from further attacks.
ILO-ILO CITY, Iloilo (Eagle News) – Mas lalo pang hinigpitan ang seguridad sa Iloilo City matapos ang insidente ng pagkakadakip sa tatlong miyembro ng Maute Group. Noong Linggo ng hapon, Hunyo 18, nang madakip ang tatlo–dalawang lalaki at isang babae—sakay ng M/V St. Therese of Child Jesus ng 2Go Travel. Nadakip ang mga ito ng dumaong sa Iloilo City ang barko na patungong Maynila. Ayon sa Coast Guard, napansin nila na tugma sa itsura ng […]
(Eagle News) — A sister of the two Maute brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah was arrested on a ship near the Iloilo port together with two other suspected terrorists, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Capt. Leopoldo Panopio, Coast Guard commander in Northern Mindanao said that the Maute sister was arrested while on board 2GO’s MV St. Therese of the Child Jesus. According to Panopio, the Maute sister, whose name was withheld by the authorities, was […]
