Law enforcers recovered firearms in a house on May 9, 2022 in Leon, Iloilo. Police provincial director, Colonel Adrian Acollador, said the suspect who eluded arrest served as vice secretary of District Committee II, Southern Front of Komite Rehiyon – Panay of the New Peoples’ Army. IPPO PHOTO

Wife of suspected NPA rebel yields guns

ILOILO City – A suspected New People’s Army (NPAO) rebel eluded arrest but his wife was apprehended for illegal possession of firearms when a...
According to Department of Labor and Employment regional director Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., the last time the wage board ordered a hike in the salary of househelps was on May 8, 2019.

Region 6 househelps to get higher wage

ILOILO City – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas has endorsed to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)...
The number of dengue cases in Aklan continues to rise, based on the latest data from the Provincial Health Office. Acting Assistant School Division Superintendent Jose Niro Nillasca said as preventive measures, children are strongly encourage to wear protective clothing and long-sleeve clothes before they go to school. BOY RYAN ZABAL/AKEANFORUM

Parents, schools urged to guard kids vs NPA recruitment

ILOILO City – The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6 ELCAC) is calling on parents, guardians, and school...
LOW WATER PRESSURE or no water at all will be experienced in Iloilo City and in the towns of Pavia, Santa Barbara and Leganes in Iloilo province beginning May 16. Metro Iloilo Water District and Metro Pacific Iloilo Water’s negotiation for contract renewal with its bulk water supplier bogged down. PN PHOTO

WATER RATIONING; MIWD to consumers: Sorry for the inconvenience

ILOILO City – With one of their bulk water suppliers not renewing its contract, how will the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and Metro...
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Iloilo City land use plan approved

ILOILO City – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Thursday approved the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) 2021-2029 of this...
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UP Visayas condemns red-tagging of vocal students

ILOILO City – The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) condemned the red-tagging of its students who were passionately expressing on social media their...

205 gun ban violators nabbed

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 205 violators of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) gun ban since January. The Negros Occidental...
Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City gathers his wife Rosalie and their children Carlo, Miguel and wife Fritzie, Paolo and Gerry during his proclamation. With them is Commission on Elections - Iloilo City chief of the Board of Canvassers, Atty. Tomas Valera. CITY HALL PHOTO

‘A MAYOR FOR ALL’; Iloilo City residents give Treñas highest number of votes ever

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has secured a fresh mandate and the highest ever number of voters given by residents to a mayor...
Estranged brothers Cong. Raul “Boboy” Tupas and former congressman Niel “Jun-jun” Tupas Jr. have not spoken to one another since 2015.

Politics drives wedge between Tupas brods

ILOILO – Politics is continuing to drive a wedge between Cong. Raul “Boboy” Tupas of the 5th District and elder brother Niel “Jun-jun” Jr.,...
“As long as the programs and projects are not tainted with irregularities, I will give my full and unequivocal support,” says come-backing Iloilo City councilor Atty. Plaridel Nava.

Nava heads back to Iloilo city council, to reprise role as ‘fiscalizer’

ILOILO City – Feisty Atty. Plaridel Nava is heading back to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). He is the 12th spot winner for city councilor. Nava said...