ORDERLY AND MORE SYSTEMATIC. The situation at the transport terminal in Barangay Tagbak, Jaro, Iloilo City on Tuesday was orderly and peaceful – a far cry from Monday’s chaos and pandemonium that marked the second day of implementation of the Local Public Transport Route Plan. Now, there is enough city loop jeepneys for city-bound commuters; no more need for jostling. ARNEL JOHN PALCULLO/PN

‘First town’ jeepneys can enter city if…

ILOILO City – Change franchises to enter this city. Jeepneys of “first towns” or municipalities that are members of the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council –...

Iloilo province wants own local transport route plan

ILOILO – The provincial government has submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) a proposed Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP). The Land Transportation Franchising...

3 suspected drug group members busted in La Paz

ILOILO City – Three suspected members of the Abantao drug group were arrested on Monday night in Barangay Caingin, La Paz district in a...

PRO-6: P109-M shabu, marijuana seized in 5 months 

ILOILO City – Shabu and marijuana with a combined value of P109 million were seized from across Western Visayas in five months (January to...

WHERE ARE THE CITY LOOP JEEPNEYS? Iloilo City gov’t open to tweaking transport plan

ILOILO City – The morning rush hours between 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. yesterday became doubly difficult for city-bound commuters. The insufficient number of...
Stranded commuters at the transport terminal in Barangay Tagbak (right) and the Ceres bus terminal (left) in Barangay Buhang both in Jaro district wait for jeepneys that would take them to Iloilo City.

Manic Monday for stranded commuters

ILOILO City – Long queues. Very few city loop jeepneys. Unfamiliar new city routes. City-bound commuters were subjected to these and more yesterday, the first...
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Water rationing set; Flo Water halts delivery to distributor

ILOILO City – Barely a month after they came up with a six-month provisional supply agreement, bulk water supplier Flo Water Resources (Iloilo), Inc....

Village chief shot dead by riding-in-tandem 

ILOILO City – A village chief was shot dead by riding-in-tandem gunmen on Sunday night in Barangay Abong, Carles, Iloilo. Jose Marcelo, 74, and village...
Duterte (left). Mabilog (right)

Duterte thinks Mabilog to ‘hide’ for another 6 years

ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte thinks former Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, whom he accused of protecting drug lords, will be in...
Pandan Integrated School in Barangay Pandan, Lambunao, Iloilo opened its limited face-to-face classes on June 13, 2022. All over Iloilo province, 812 schools have limited face-to-face classes as of Monday. PNA PHOTO COURTESY OF PANDAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL FB PAGE

70% of Iloilo schools now on limited F2F classes

ILOILO – Close to 70 percent of the 1,172 schools under the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division Office (SDO) of the province are...