Downtown bars silent as many sex workers quit
ILOILO City – Where have all commercial sex workers gone? Despite this city’s relaxed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) alert level, the sex work industry remained...
332 die in WV traffic mishaps
ILOILO City – Across Western Visayas, 332 people died in 5,490 vehicular accidents between January and October this year, data from the Police Regional...
Health protocols in Iloilo churches remain
ILOILO City – Churches in the city and province of Iloilo are wary of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.While mass gatherings inside churches...
Participate in nat’l vaxx drive, Western Visayans told
ILOILO – Mass vaccination could be the “only and most effective” way to end the war against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the...
To sustain malaria-free status: DOH-6 beefs up surveillance
ILOILO – To sustain Western Visayas’ malaria-free status, the Department of Health (DOH) is intensifying its case surveillance effort.
According to Maria Lourdes Monegro, malaria...
Vlogger claims SB candidate ‘raped’ her
ILOILO City – A political aspirant seeking a local elective post in the May 2022 elections faces rape charges.
The complainant, a 30-year-old vlogger/motorcycle rider...
Philreca on DU30 remark vs Iloilo electric coops: ‘Some concerns fall outside DUs’ control’
ILOILO City – The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca) defended its member distribution utilities, specifically those from Palawan and Iloilo, against the remarks of President Rodrigo...
‘END VAW NOW’; More Iloilo women victims of violence; others likely ‘unreported’
ILOILO – As the coronavirus pandemic persists, the number of women suffering from abuse could increase, according to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office...
1 month on Diergos slay: No case filed yet
ILOILO – Exactly a month ago today, businesswoman Claire Diergos was found dead inside her sport utility vehicle in Santa Barbara town. The special...
‘Mask-in-a-bottle’: How Capiznons are easing COVID threat to the env’t
ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) litters such as single-use facemasks are everywhere. People haphazardly dispose of them, unmindful of what these would...