Man shot, two others injured in Barotac Viejo

ILOILO – A man was shot in Barangay General Luna, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. Racon Moderes was taken to the Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo...

Prov’l gov’t kicks off 3-day ‘People Power Resbakuna’

ILOILO – The three-day “People Power Resbakuna” of the provincial government kicked off yesterday timed with the fourth round of the national government’s “Bayanihan...

PRO-6 scores 99 gun ban violators in two months

ILOILO City – Two months into the implementation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 99...
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28 WV HEIs HOLD IN-PERSON CLASSES

ILOILO City – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has so far allowed 28 higher education institutions (HEIs) in Western Visayas to hold limited...
A driver waits for more passengers to board his jeepney at the transport terminal in Barangay Ungka, Jaro, Iloilo City. The more passengers he has, the better, he says. Just this March 8, gas prices further soared by as much as P3.80 per liter of gasoline and by P5.50 per liter of diesel. PN PHOTO

Jeepney drivers find ways to survive

ILOILO – The prohibitive cost of fuel has made it difficult for jeepney drivers to sustain the daily needs of their families. They could...

Cases of dengue in Iloilo City down 81%

ILOILO City – Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in this southern city from January to March this year were 81 percent down from last...

Risk for COVID-19 infection now ‘minimal’ in Region 6

ILOILO City – The whole Western Visayas has been reclassified as a “minimal risk” area for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The March 8 data released...

Fire razes funeral homes in Guimbal

ILOILO – Fire gutted the Salome Gasapo funeral homes in Barangay Girado-Magsaysay, Guimbal, Iloilo around 2:16 a.m. on Wednesday Property damage reached P2 million. According to...
The Commission on Elections has set the rules and regulations implementing the Fair Election Act. Parties and independent candidates may construct common poster areas, at their expense, wherein they can post, display, or exhibit their election propaganda to announce their candidacy. PN PHOTO

1,822 illegal campaign materials removed

ILOILO – Since Feb. 8 – the start of the campaign period for national elective posts (president, vice president, senator, and party-list) – the...

Laborer arrested for gun, ammos

ILOILO City – Policemen raided a laborer’s house in Barangay Macatol, Pototan Iloilo on Tuesday. They recovered an unlicensed .45 pistol with ammunition and magazine. The...