P174-M housing project for ‘Yolanda’ survivors finally starts
ILOILO City – Nearly five years after super typhoon “Yolanda” struck Batad, Iloilo the second housing project for survivors of 2013’s disaster in the...
NIA asks for understanding over Aklan irrigation closure
KALIBO, Aklan – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) asked for the public’s understanding ahead of its scheduled closure of Aklan’s irrigation canals.
The six-month closure...
‘ARE WE STILL SAFE?’
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – A series of killings involving unidentified armed men on motorcycles, crimes against persons and properties...
Region 6 ready for typhoon ‘Mangkhut’
ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas assured the public it is “100 percent” prepared for a potential super...
‘I lost everything to Boulevard fire’
ILOILO City – Sixty-four-year-old Rodulfo Buenavista of Zone 1-A Barangay Boulevard, Molo district went out of his house on Monday night to buy something...
Oct. 15 is ‘Aklan Day in Boracay’
KALIBO, Aklan – The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force declared Oct. 15 as the “Aklan Day in Boracay.”
Oct. 15 is the start of the 11-day...
Police: Man attacks cop, yields ‘shabu’
ILOILO City – A resident of Barangay Banguit, Cabatuan, Iloilo physically assaulted an officer in the village the other day.
The 29-year-old Erwin Alcantara was...
‘FOOD INSECURITY’
ILOILO City – With the price of rice surging, consumers should try alternatives such as root crops, according to the National Nutrition Council (NNC)....
Senate OKs June 18 Bacolod Charter Day
BACOLOD City – The Senate approved the bill that seeks to change the Bacolod City Charter Day from Oct. 19 to June 18 of...
Janiuay suspends classes due to military-rebel encounter
ILOILO City – The local government of Janiuay, Iloilo suspended classes in elementary and high schools yesterday following Sunday’s encounter between government troops and...