2 dead, 4 hurt in vehicular accident

ILOILO – A motorcycle and a tricycle collided in Barangay Ilaya 1st, Dumangas, Iloilo. Their drivers died while four others were injured. The casualties were...
Members of the Agcuyawan Calsada FC team. PHOTO BY LA PAZ FOOTBALL CLUB ILOILO

Calsada rules JPT U-16

ILOILO City – Agcuyawan Calsada FC emerged as champions in the U-16 category of the Mayor JPT New Normal Football competition on Sunday at...
The line-up of Mayor Jerry Treñas hold their hands up as a show of force during the group’s filing of certificates of candidacy. A Team Uswag unity walk and proclamation rally will be held on March 26 to signal the start of the campaign period for local candidates. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CM

USWAG ILOILO! Team sets unity walk, proclamation rally

ILOILO City – All Ilonggos are invited to take part in Team Uswag’s “unity walk” and proclamation rally of local candidates, and “Rosas Para...
This modern 33MVA transformer will ensure better power distribution, says MORE Electric and Power Corporation, the power distributor in Iloilo City.

MORE Power replaces 30-year-old transformer with modern, bigger one

ILOILO City – As parts of its modernization efforts, MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) acquired a modern 33MVA power transformer equipped with...
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Iloilo jeepney drivers, operators start receiving P6,500 fuel subsidy

ILOILO City – Jeepney drivers and operators in Iloilo have started receiving their P6,500 Pantawid Pasada fuel subsidy from the government. According to Raymundo Parcon,...
Retired Police Colonel Rolen Balquin headed the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas until 2007. He ran after drug personalities. PN File

Ex-PDEA-6 director shot to death

ILOILO City – A retired member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who had served for more than one year as director of the...

Prov’l gov’t brings COVID-19 vaccination to Iloilo Airport

ILOILO – To make the vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-9) more accessible to people, the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has opened a...
‘NEW NORMAL’ Public transportation in areas under Alert Level 1 such as Iloilo City shall be at full seating capacity. All establishments, persons or activities, are allowed to operate, work, or be undertaken at full on-site or venue/seating capacity provided it is consistent with minimum public health standards. Photo shows Iloilo City’s busy Iznart Street in the downtown area. PN PHOTO

4-DAY WORKWEEK UP TO MGT – BIZMEN

ILOILO City – Not all workplaces can easily shift to a four-day workweek scheme, according to the Iloilo Business Club (IBC). The management of...

Iloilo remembers heroism of WW2 veterans

BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO ILOILO City – “I am proud to be a son of a veteran.” Veterans Federation of the Philippines - Western...
“Hindi naman talaga natin tinanggal ‘yong mga posters sa mga private spaces. So, technically ‘yung Operation Baklas is not really that aggressive na talagang papasok tayo sa mga bahay-bahay para kunin 'yong campaign materials,” says Atty. Wilfred Jay Balisado, director of the Commission on Elections in Western Visayas. IME SORNITO PHOTO

Comelec halts ‘Oplan Baklas’ in private spaces

ILOILO – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas stopped its Oplan Baklas campaign against illegal election campaign materials on private properties. This was...