DPWH bans palay drying along nat’l highways
ILOILO City – Drying palay (unhusked rice) and other farm produce along national highways is not allowed, stressed the Department of Public Works and...
SP reallocates P85M for rehab of markets, abattoir
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) reallocated the P85 million it previously scrapped from the city government’s Supplemental Budget No. 3 for the...
Boracay water sports activities to be booked only via hotels, accredited agencies – DOT
BORACAY ISLAND – Bookings for water sports here must be coursed through hotels and resorts, not peddlers on the beach, authorities said on Nov....
Unidentified gunman shoots down alleged serial criminal
BACOLOD City – An individual with a string of pending court cases was gunned down by an unidentified suspect around 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday...
SEISMIC HAZARD?
ILOILO City – The earthquakes that shook Panay and Guimaras islands on Monday were “clear and solid” proofs that the West Panay Fault is...
Iloilo, NegOcc. among PH’s richest provinces
ILOILO City – Iloilo and Negros Occidental were among the 10 richest provinces in the country, according to the Commission on Audit (COA).
COA’s Annual...
Suspect in Mandurriao murder arrested in Tarlac
ILOILO City – The No. 10 most wanted person in this city was arrested in Mayantoc town in Tarlac province.
Jimmy Vito was charged with...
P14,700 in marijuana netted in Bacolod City
BACOLOD City – About marijuana amounting to around P14,700 were recently confiscated in two separate buy-bust operations of Police Station 6.
On Nov. 3, at...
Iloilo Int’l Airport ‘can withstand strong quakes’
ILOILO City – The Iloilo International Airport main building and tower in Cabatuan, Iloilo was built to withstand Intensity 9 earthquake, according to Civil...
QUAKE JOLTS ILOILO, ANTIQUE
BY IME SORNITO, IAN PAUL CORDERO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Earthquakes of tectonic origin struck this city, Iloilo and Antique provinces in Panay...