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Teenager yields sachet of shabu

ILOILO City – A 16-year-old lad was arrested in a buy-bust operation of the police in Barangay Sooc, Arevalo district on Tuesday. The teenager was...
Iloilo Election Officer III Alice Bernadette Naranjo briefs journalists about the ballot to be used in the May 9, 2022 elections and about how a vote counting machine works. PHOTO BY GLENDA TAYONA

‘One ballot, one chance to vote’- Comelec-Iloilo demos machine voting process

ILOILO – A voter has one chance only to cast his ballot so he better do it correctly this May 9, 2022 elections, according...

Iloilo City wants alert Level 1 classification

ILOILO City – The city government is appealing for a de-escalated alert level from the current Level 2 to allow the opening of more...

14 towns in Iloilo ‘election watch list areas’

ILOILO – Fourteen towns in this province are considered as “election watch list areas”. Thirteen of these are categorized as “orange” or “election areas of...
Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas says the city government is now looking into remedies for its surplus supply of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Iloilo City weighs ‘options’ on AstraZeneca vax surplus

ILOILO City – The City Legal Office (CLO) is looking for possible solutions to its surplus of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. “We might...
LUCKY WINNERS. Mayor Jerry P. Treñas (far right) congratulates the three Iloilo City Hall employees who are the initial winners of the city government’s socialized housing units raffle – Ramona Chavez of the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office, Mary Jane Porras of the City Treasurer’s Office and Cecilia Dela Cruz also of the PSTMO. Joining Treñas during the raffle after Monday’s flag-raising ceremony is Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon and other city officials. PHOTO BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

‘HOMELESS’ NO MORE; City hall starts raffling socialized housing units to low-salaried employees

ILOILO City – “Happy gid ko ya kay maka-angkon na kami sang balay nga amon gid ya. (I am very happy. We’re going to have...

Iloilo prov’l gov’t wary of bird flu

ILOILO – The provincial government is keen on sealing Iloilo to prevent the entry of bird flu or avian influenza. The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO)...
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Over 25T electoral boards in WV

ILOILO City – Western Visayas will have 25,710 electoral boards (formerly known as board of election inspectors) working during the synchronized national and local...
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease. As of Feb. 19, 2022 the province of Iloilo recorded 59 cases with two deaths. The mosquitoes causing dengue breed in clean, stagnant water, thus canals such as this one must be cleaned regularly. PN FILE PHOTO

Women lead province-wide ‘Limpyo Iloilo Kontra Dengue’

ILOILO – Today, International Women’s Day, women are spearheading the provincial government’s Iloilo-wide “Limpyo Iloilo Kontra Dengue”. It is also a way to mark March...
John Richard Lapascua, senior health program officer of the Department of Health in Region 6, says drug surrenderers who graduate from community-based rehabilitation programs are gradually being integrated into society. PNA PHOTO

5.6K graduate from drug rehab program

ILOILO City – An initial 5,670 former drug users in Western Visayas graduated from the community-based rehabilitation program (CBRP) of the government. John Richard Lapascua,...