Rape suspect falls

ILOILO City – A man charged with rape here was arrested on Monday in Barangay Santol, Quezon City. The 25-year-old Daryll Sumaculob was a construction...

TARGET: OVER 1M WV KIDS FOR VAX, 12% of region’s COVID-19 cases are children

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) aims to vaccinate against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 1,080,597 children in Western Visayas between five to...
A women passes by campaign posters in this photo dated March 4, 2019. JACOB MAENTZ

Campaign for nat’l posts starts; Follow rules, Comelec tells candidates, supporters

ILOILO City – The 90-day campaign period for national candidates begins today. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates and their supporters of the...
Candidates for the May 9, 2022 elections in Iloilo province led by Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (center, foreground) vowed to focus on their platform of government and refrain from attacking the personal lives of fellow candidates during the campaign.

12 Iloilo candidates vow not to buy votes

ILOILO – Twelve candidates running for “provincial level” posts in the May 9, 2022 elections pledged to, among others, shun violence, vote-buying and cheating. All...
Atty. Elizabeth Doronila was a hardworking and dedicated election official, according to the Commission on Elections Region 6. She served the poll body for nearly three decades.

Comelec-Iloilo provincial supervisor passes away

ILOILO – The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) provincial supervisor here, Atty. Elizabeth Doronila, died on Sunday night, Feb. 6. She was 62. Doronila expired at...
Farmers and local leaders of Carles, Iloilo show their support to Uswag Ilonggo Party-list during a farmers’ forum on Feb. 5, 2022 at the gymnasium of Barangay Barosbos organized by Barangay Captain Mario “Nonoy Mar” Mateos Jr. PHOTO BY TIFFANY MARIE SOMES

KICK-OFF OF CAMPAIGN; Uswag Ilonggo Party-list gaining support of farmers

ILOILO – With the five-point agenda of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list making the upgrading of agriculture a priority in Western Visayas, more and more farmers’...
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142 minors ‘rescued’ in January; cops alarmed

ILOILO City – The Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is alarmed by the high number of...

Man faces rap for ‘illegal cockfighting’

ILOILO – In Barangay Napnapan Sur, Tigbauan town, a 46-year-old man was arrested on Feb. 5. around 11:15 a.m. Ricky Tuante was taken to the...

Lad, 19, hurt in shooting

ILOILO – Around 12:05 a.m. on Feb. 4 a young man was wounded in a shooting in Barangay San Fernando, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. Mark Ravin...
Claire Diergos was a 36-year-old single mother residing in Pavia, Iloilo. Originally from Barangay Dagsaan, Buenavista, Guimaras, she held multiple jobs to support her three-year-old daughter. She was an insurance agent, a part-time medical representative and math tutor.

‘TO AVOID DOUBTS,’ Diergos slay case prosecutor urged to inhibit

ILOILO – Members of the Lopez family charged for the death of businesswoman Claire Diergos asked the prosecutor handling the preliminary investigation to inhibit. A...