Substantial aid to Iloilo victims eyed

ILOILO City – Substantial assistance is being planned for those adversely affected here by super typhoon “Odette” such as those whose houses were destroyed...

1,065 cops promoted

ILOILO City – A total of 1,065 police personnel across Region 6 were promoted to the next higher rank. The donning of rank was held...
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Pushers’ ‘trust issues’ make drug ops difficult

ILOILO City – Drug traffickers are getting more distrustful of people seeking to transact with them, and this makes it difficult for the police...

Buy local, DTI-Iloilo tells holiday shoppers

ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Iloilo encourages Ilonggos to patronize local products instead of imported ones when doing their holiday...
Electric posts in Barangay Lapayon, Leganes, Iloilo collapsed due to the strong winds of super typhoon “Odette”. The collapse triggered a long power interruption and rendered the road impassable. Residents urge the Iloilo Electric Cooperative 1 to fix the broken posts as quickly as possible. PN PHOTO

‘SHOCK AND AWE’; Destructive winds leave people stunned, homeless

ILOILO City – “Baw, grabe ang hangin, Dios ko!” exclaimed 69-year-old Bella Pausan who thought that at her age she had already seen the strongest...

7 dead, 7 missing in Region 6

BY IME SORNITO and ADRIAN STEWART CO ILOILO City – The initial death toll in Western Visayas due to super typhoon “Odette” was seven –...
A family tries to salvage valuables from their collapsed house in Barangay Calaparan, Arevalo, Iloilo City. A huge tree that super typhoon “Odette” uprooted fell to their house in the wee hours of Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Fortunately, all the household members managed to get out of the house alive. PN PHOTO

‘ODETTE IN ILOILO PROVINCE’; At least P14-million losses in Iloilo agriculture

ILOILO – The initial estimate of the damage to agriculture here due to super typhoon “Odette” reached P14 million. One casualty was also reported –...
“We are in a pandemic. Some people want easy money. Mangawat, mang-pickpocket, mang-into para maka-kwarta,” says Police Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office. PN PHOTO

Beware of holiday season swindlers

ILOILO City – This holiday season, be wary of swindlers. “If may mag-approach nga tawo kag magpakilala na businessman or businesswoman asking your help where to...
Dazzling Christmas lights at the public plaza of Igbaras, Iloilo attracts people during the switch-on ceremony. PHOTOS FROM FACEBOOK PAGE OF MAYOR JAIME ESMERALDA

Hoax bomb threat mars holiday lights switch-on

ILOILO – What should have been a festive program in Igbaras town ended with some 2,000 people nervously leaving the public plaza on Dec....

Illegal gambling suspect nabbed

ILOILO City – Charged with violation of Republic Act 9287 that prohibits illegal numbers games, a resident of Barangay Calumpang, Molo district here was...