November 23, 2010
Letter discredits Tupas before Aquinos
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
MAYOR Arcadio Gorriceta of Pavia, Iloilo declined to comment on the letter which put down one of their own within the Liberal Party (LP) as regards the appointments of key officials in President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s administration.
TF Bakhaw to cover Odicta drug haven
By Tara Yap
MALIPAYON-DELGADO is next on the list of the region’s top cop who makes a high profile pitch on wiping out the illegal drug trade in Iloilo City.
COA audit reports may deliver Tupas to perdition
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
A SERIES of memoranda from the Commission on Audit (COA) gave flesh to reports that the Philippine Truth Commission of 2010 is probing alleged anomalous deals during the Tupas administration.
‘Fortress of illegal drugs’
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
WESTERN Visayas’ top cop could only shake his head when he saw the reportedly notorious hub of illegal drug operations at Brgy. Bakhaw, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
Cops deployed in 7 entry, exit points
By Tara Yap
THE PNP’s Task Force Bakhaw is keeping vigil in key entrance and exit points of Brgy. Bakhaw, Mandurriao, Iloilo City after it was reactivated over the weekend.
Why Peco gets conservative with new power supply contract
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
RABID opposition by parties riling against additional power sources in Panay may have forced Panay Electric Co. (Peco) to be conservative in contracting power from the coal-fired power plant of Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC).
P220-MILLION BROUHAHA
Defensor may charge Tupas
By Tara Yap
THERE is a possibility that Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. will file an administrative or criminal case against his predecessor, former Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. over the latter’s P220-million disallowances.
Guv urges revisit of MIWD’s coexistence
By Tara Yap
ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. is urging all stakeholders to revisit the co-existence of Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) in both the city and province of Iloilo.
POWER FOR ILOILO CITY
Coal plant still on load test but now mitigating outages
By Tara Yap
LONG power outages may now be mitigated as the region’s first-coal fired power plant is currently generating 50% of its capacity after successfully synchronizing its system to the grid and Panay Electric Company, Iloilo City’s lone power distributor.
Jalaur project funding in nat’l budget
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
PART of the P17.5-billion “private public partnership” (PPP) fund can be used in the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMPP) of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
City may de-annex from MIWD – Jed
By Lydia C. Pendon
MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog has directed the City Legal Office to study all possible angles and bring to court all those who instigated the take over of the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and the ouster of the old board of directors.
‘DON’T STOP COAL PLANT’
Drilon: New capacity key to solving acute power shortage
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
AN Ilonggo senator quelled calls to shut down the coal-fired power plant in LaPaz, Iloilo City despite the foul odor being blamed on the facility.
Promotions for cops in P7-M cocaine haul
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
PROMOTIONS await police officers who helped track down and recover P7-million worth of cocaine from a suspected drug pusher in Miag-ao, Iloilo Tuesday.
MIWD interim board bogus – Jed
By Lydia C. Pendon
MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog does not recognize the interim board of directors of the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) saying the old board headed by Chairman Celso Javelosa is the legal one.
BOARD OUSTED
LWUA, management install new directors at MIWD
By Tara Yap
THE management of Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has installed an interim set of board of directors.
P7-M CATCH
Cocaine seized in Miag-ao
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-6) scored their biggest haul this year after seizing almost a kilo of suspected cocaine in Miag-ao, Iloilo Tuesday.
The 800-gram cocaine, believed to be 97% pure, was recovered from suspect Carlito Buen, 48, of Crossing Valencia, Brgy. Maninila after a buy-bust operation.
PDEA-6 head Paul Ledesma said a poseur-buyer initially bought P1,000 worth of illegal drugs from Buen. The buyer then offered to buy more cocaine from the suspect for P43,000. Buen then showed a brick of the suspected illegal drug prompting PDEA operatives to arrest him.
Ledesma said the recovered cocaine could be part of the Samar cocaine stashed away by a Hong Kong bound Chinese fishing vessel near the Eastern Visayas island last year.
“The packing of the cocaine is similar to those recovered by narcotics agents in Samar,” he said.
Sensing that they were already under the surveillance by International Drug Enforcement Agencies, the Chinese fishing vessel, which came from South America, dumped its hot cargo of 1.5 tons of cocaine within the sea waters of Northern and Eastern Samar.
Ledesma said the cocaine recovered from Buen could be worth more or less P7 million.
Based on the information supplied by PDEA, Buen sells fighting cocks in Luzon. Authorities believe he may have secured the cocaine in Luzon and brought it to Iloilo via the roll on-roll off system.
Ledesma said they gathered information on Buen’s operation through the Miag-ao and Guimbal police forces.
Buen is currently in the custody of PDEA pending the filing of charges against him.
‘REESTABLISH AUTHORITY’
Querol reactivates TF Bakhaw
By Tara Yap
NO less than the region’s top cop has ordered the reactivation of Task Force Bakhaw to at least curb one of the two most notorious drug groups in Iloilo City operating in Brgy Bakhaw.
Board told to discipline MIWD management
By Lydia C. Pendon
IT is within the ambit of powers of the Metro Iloilo Water district (MIWD) board of director to discipline erring employees especially the general manager and other recalcitrant management officials, according to City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.
RE: COAL PLANT ODOR
Fr Celiz: Don’t be alarmed; Fr Cuadras: Shut it down
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
A CATHOLIC priest and member of the multi-partite monitoring team (MMT) assuaged fears caused by the odor that was again blamed on the coal-fired power plant at Brgy. Ingore, LaPaz, Iloilo City.
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