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‘BEAT THE DEADLINE’, Election winners who fail to submit SOCE can’t hold office –...

ILOILO City – The clock is ticking. There’s a week more left for all candidates – winners and the defeated – in the May 9...

5 more Omicron subvariant cases in WV

ILOILO City – Five new cases of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 have been detected in Western Visayas. The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday disclosed that...

Iloilo City Hospital bill passes Senate scrutiny

ILOILO City – The House Bill 10464 which seeks to establish the Iloilo City Hospital is now one step closer to finally become a...
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‘Birada Semana’ nets 267 fugitives; 67 drug suspects

ILOILO City – In a weeklong region-wide simultaneous anti-criminality and law enforcement operation dubbed “Birada Semana” from May 23 to 29, the Police Regional...
Metro Pacific Iloilo Water is investing in water infrastructures to ensure that still-limited water supply is distributed as equitably as possible to all its customers.

MPIW water supply improves through dev’t of new wells

ILOILO City -- Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) consumers will be able to enjoy longer water service hours with the construction of new wells...
Emergency responders in the municipality of Calinog, Iloilo train on water search and rescue in preparation for the opening of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project II and other big events such as major flooding. The mega dam is expected to be completed in December 2023. PHOTO COURTESY OF CALINOG MDDRMO

Emergency responders train on water emergency ahead of mega dam’s opening

ILOILO – Thirty responders in the municipality of Calinog underwent training on water search and rescue (WASAR) to prepare for the opening of the...
“It is our duty to provide our stakeholders with cheaper power to help them grow their businesses that will hopefully translate to more investments, jobs and tax revenues for the municipality of Pavia,” says Sangguniang Bayan Member Daniel “Dan,” Fajardo II (left) of Pavia, Iloilo; “As a public utility, we cannot turn our back on this. May obligation tayo and if people are wanting to receive our service then we cannot deny them that,” says MORE Electric and Power Corporation president Roel Castro (right).

AFFORDABLE POWER, BETTER SERVICE SOON; Senate OKs MORE Power expansion bill on final reading

ILOILO City – The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) expansion bill or...
“Wala na kami choice. Ma-untat na lang kami biyahe. Ano ang pang-arkila namon kon wala sang masakay nga mga pasahero? Kon piliton namon biyahe basi indi kami makasapar sang amon arkila,” says Leganes jeepney driver Jay-r Binigay. PN PHOTO

Prov’l jeepney drivers fear economic dislocation

ILOILO City – Provincial jeepney drivers, especially those from the so-called “first towns” or municipalities adjacent to this city, fear economic dislocation when the...
Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes to Iloilo City Fernando Zobel de Ayala, chief executive officer and president of Ayala Corporation. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Ayala eyes hospital, BPO, real estate expansion in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY – Ayala Corporation, one of the biggest firms in the Philippines, is eyeing to expand its business interests in this southern city. Fernando...
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease characterized by a high fever (40°C/104°F) accompanied by two of these symptoms: severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pains, nausea, vomiting, and swollen glands or rash. Symptoms usually last for two to seven days, after an incubation period of four to 10 days after the bite from an infected mosquito. FILE photo

Region 6 logs 266 new dengue cases

ILOILO City – Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Western Visayas continue to rise. In just a week 266 new cases were reported, with...