Hibao-an drug suspect nabbed

ILOILO City – A drug suspect was arrested on Friday night near his house in Barangay Hibao-an, Mandurriao district. Antony Ponsaran, 41, was taken to...

2 face raps for gun ban ‘breach’

ILOILO City – Two men separately face charges for violation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban. One was arrested on Feb. 20 and...
The increasing fuel prices are eating on their daily income, according to jeepney drivers in Iloilo City. Thus they want each passenger to pay a minimum of P11.50 for the first four kilometers and an additional P1.50 for every succeeding kilometer. PN PHOTO

DRIVERS SEEK P2.50 FARE HIKE

ILOILO City – Jeepney drivers and operators here are seeking a P2.50 increase in the minimum fare. They cited as reason the increase in...

No more liquor ban, curfew in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – The city government has lifted the ban on liquor consumption and sale, and also scrapped the 10 p.m. to 4 a.m....
CAPULOT

Candidate for city mayor arrested for ‘cyber libel’

BY GLENDA TAYONA and RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Popular radio blocktimer and candidate for mayor here Salvador “Jun” Capulot was served by policemen with...
“The alert level system is about the management of high-risk activities and establishments,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo.

Iloilo province won’t appeal Alert Level 3 classification

ILOILO – The provincial government will not appeal its Alert Level 3 classification that took effect on Feb. 16 and will last until Feb....
DOVES FOR PEACE. Representatives of government agencies, religious and community leaders release doves during the launching of the “Kapulungan ng inyong Pulis, ng inyong Sundalo, ng inyong Bantay Dagat, ng Comelec, at lahat ng Lingkod Bayan kasama ang Simbahan at Pamayanan” or KASIMBAYANAN at the Police Regional Office 6 headquarters in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. It is a multi-sectoral campaign movement for peaceful polls. PRO-6 PHOTO

Multi-sectoral drive for peaceful polls launched

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) led the launching yesterday of a multi-sectoral drive to ensure a clean, orderly, peaceful, and...
Police Colonel Leo Batiles, Iloilo City Police Office director.

Ad hoc committees to tackle gangs, ‘minor problems’

ILOILO City – The city government and Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will form ad hoc committees in each of the metro’s seven districts...

Capitol offers loan to pandemic-hit small entrepreneurs, OFWs

ILOILO – Microenterprise owners and overseas Filipinos workers (OWFs) in this province adversely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may secure a...
TREÑAS

DOH APPROVES CITY HOSPITAL; Decongestion of private hospitals seen

ILOILO City – The more hospitals, the better. The Department of Health (DOH) has given the city government the go-signal to build and operate its...