TREÑAS

WORST YET TO COME? Iloilo City may shift to Alert Level 4 – Treñas

ILOILO City – This city may be placed under Alert Level 4 if cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will continue to rise, according...
WINNING PERFORMANCE. Tribu La Paz is the grand winner of Iloilo City’s Dinagyang Festival 2022 digital edition. Its dramatic performance streamed on Facebook yesterday gave flesh and bone to the Ilonggo value of paghirupay (closeness).

Technology helps Dinagyang adapt to pandemic

ILOILO City – For the second straight year due to the coronavirus pandemic, this city staged Dinagyang Festival without the competing tribes performing before...
DEFENSOR

Defensor: Uswag Ilonggo’s 5-point agenda best for WV

ILOILO – Upon knowing of the regional party-list Uswag Ilonggo’s five-point agenda as well as its mission and vision, Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Jr....

Nursing student Miss Iloilo – Universe 2022

ILOILO City – A 21-year-old student of Nursing at Central Philippine University was crowned Miss Iloilo – Universe 2022 on Saturday night at Richmonde...

Mechanic claims cop threated him with gun

ILOILO City – A police officer is in trouble. A car mechanic in the town of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo claimed having been threatened by...

Suspected gun runner falls

ILOILO City – A suspected gun runner – also a drug pushing suspect – was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Libertad, Banate...
DEVOTION IN MOTION. A priest blesses the faithful with the image of Señor Santo Niño in front of San Jose de Placer Church in Iloilo City before the start of the motorcade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the motorcade temporarily replaced the traditional crowd-drawing Dinagyang Festival fluvial procession in honor of Señor Santo Niño. PN PHOTO

PRAY VS COVID BUT… Faith sans action won’t end pandemic – priest

ILOILO City – Praying to stop the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections is okay but it may not be enough. People should...
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Amid COVID surge, Region 6 LGUs urged to prepare facilities

ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas have been advised to prepare temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMFs) as cases of...

WV records 327 suicides in 2021

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recorded 327 cases of suicide in 2021. Iloilo province had the most number of cases at...

POLICE POWER VS PERSONAL LIBERTY; Restrictions on unvaxxed persons may reach SC

ILOILO City – Which should prevail – personal liberty or the police power of the state? The Sangguniang Panlungsod unanimously approved an ordinance restricting...