Aboard a pickup, Sen. Franklin Drilon (second from left) inspects this flyover in Barangay Ungka II, Pavia, Iloilo. With him are Public Works regional director Tiburcio DL Canlas, Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas and Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. PHOTO BY GEOVANNI FAJARDO

Shorter travel time to Iloilo Airport from city soon

ILOILO City – Imagine going to the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo from here in just 20 minutes. Impossible? Not so, very soon. At present, travel time...
A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken on Sept. 9, 2020. DADO RUVIC/REUTERS

Iloilo City gov’t to rescind AstraZeneca vaccine deal

ILOILO City – The city government will rescind its contract for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Mayor Jerry Treñas on...
PHOTO BY GEOVANNI FAJARDO. This is the groundbreaking for the P1.99-billion Iloilo River North Bank Road in Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo City on April 25. In photo are (from left) former senator JV Ejercito, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6’s Director Tiburcio DL Canlas, Sen. Franklin Drilon, Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas, Iloilo province’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., Iloilo City’s Julienne Baronda, Iloilo’s 2nd District’s Cong. Michael Gorriceta (partly hidden) and DPWH-6 assistant regional director Al Fruto.

P1.99-B boulevard to cut travel time to southern Iloilo

ILOILO City – Travel time from this city to southern Iloilo province is expected to become much shorter once the P1.99-billion Iloilo River North...
GORERO

Recent encounters, crimes no effect on election ‘red’ list, says PRO-6

ILOILO City – Recent clashes in Negros Occidental and Panay Island between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army...
More modernized jeepneys such as this one will soon be seen crisscrossing Iloilo city and province, and the other provinces in Panay Island. PN PHOTO

400 modernized jeepneys coming first week of May

ILOILO City – On the first week of May, 400 modernized jeepneys ordered by the Western Visayas Transport Cooperative (WVTC) will be delivered here. WVTC...
Iloilo City’s Cong. Julienne Baronda, Mayor Jerry Treñas and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, seen here with their Uswag Ilonggo nominees during their proclamation rally, are poised to win the polls two weeks from now. The newest RACI survey shows their supremacy over their challengers.

VICTORY INEVITABLE; RACI predicts reelection of Baronda, Treñas, Ganzon

ILOILO City – Region 6’s most trusted and reliable survey firm, Random Access Consultants, Inc. (RACI), released its newest survey results showing the inevitable...
Representative Photo. Photo by MChe Lee on Unsplash.

289 Iloilo schools recommended for limited face-to-face classes

ILOILO – The Schools Division of Iloilo has recommended 289 public and private elementary and secondary schools for limited face-to-face classes. It believes that these...
Residents of a flooded village in Zarraga, Iloilo are at a loss on what to do after Tropical Depression “Agaton” pounded their community with heavy rains from April 10 to 12. PN PHOTO

Nat’l land use law pushed following massive floods

ILOILO – “It all boils down to our failure to come up with a national land use plan.” This was the view of former agriculture...

355,938 Region 6 senior citizens receive social pension for 1st qtr

ILOILO City – All the 355,908 indigent senior citizens in Western Visayas have received their 2022 first quarter social pension, according to the Department...
BATILES

73 ICPO cops undergo ‘surprise’ drug test

ILOILO City – Seventy-three police officers were summoned on Friday at the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) for a conference. But they were in for a surprise...