Calinog hardware store loses P1.5 million robbers

ILOILO – Two employees of Lalac hardware store based in Calinog, Iloilo were robbed yesterday afternoon in Barangay Agdahon, Passi City. Joan Sequito, 39, of Barangay Hilwan,...
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Drilon confident Uswag Ilonggo beneficial for WV

ILOILO City – Ilonggo senator Franklin M. Drilon is the latest prominent political leader to convey support for the congressional bid of Uswag Ilonggo...
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. Dr. Edurne Bartolome, a social scientist and PhD lecturer at the Universidad de Deusto in Spain (third from left) pays a courtesy call to the Office of WVSU President Joselito Villaruz, currently represented by OIC President Celina Gellada (second from left) on March 28, 2022. With her are Project FORTH Coordinator and WVSU Vice President Ma. Asuncion Christine Dequilla (leftmost) and Prof. Edel Carmela Subong-Csoka, WVSU director of the International and Local Linkages Office. PHOTO BY ANNE CORTEZ

WVSU inks int’l exchange program with Spain’s Univ of Deusto

BY HAZEL P. VILLA, ANNE CORTEZ, ROSEMARIE FELIMON, AMABEL SIASON ILOILO City – A representative of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union from Universidad...
“We remain non-political. Our services continue regardless of people’s political affiliation,” says Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 6.

DSWD: Programs, services unhampered by election

ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas assured the public that its programs and services will continue...
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16 towns in Iloilo recommended for Alert Level 1 status

ILOILO – The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) recommended that 16 towns here be placed under pandemic Alert Level 1. They met the amended guidelines for...

Gunrunning suspect arrested

ILOILO City – A gunrunning suspect was arrested in an entrapment on Saturday night in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao district. The 21-year-old Chicklet Tabosares was a...
Cong. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda asks Ilonggos to give her a fresh mandate, promising them another batch of H.O.P.E. (Housing, OFW welfare, Projects, Environment Protection) on top of her current core advocacies on Health, Obra, Peace and Order, and Education. 

BARONDA DOUBLES ILONGGOS’ H.O.P.E.; More people-centered projects coming

ILOILO City – Cong. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda, Mayor Jerry Treñas and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon sought a fresh mandate from the Ilonggos along with...
The 33 Mega Volt-Amp power transformer of MORE Electric and Power Corporation in the City Proper of Iloilo City has been energized by its team of expert personnel. It will meet the growing power demand of the City Proper district.

MORE Power successfully energizes new power transformer

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) successfully energized its newly acquired 33 Mega Volt-Amp (MVA) power transformer in the City...

WV has 2K COVID cases left

ILOILO City – From 183,028 confirmed cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, as of March 26 of this year  Western...
Department of Labor and Employment 2021 Media Awards winners Glenda Tayona (right), Elyrose Naorbe (left) with Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez Jr. during a courtesy visit at the DOLE Regional Office No. 6 in Iloilo City. DOLE-6 PHOTO

PN senior reporter wins gold in DOLE media awards

ILOILO City – Panay News senior reporter Glenda S. Tayona bagged the gold of the 2021 Media Awards, one of the highlights of the 88th...