A voter places her ballot in a PCOS machine after voting at precinct 169 of San Antonio High School in Makati City. According to Comelec, registered voters who are positive for COVID-19 can vote in the coming 2022 elections. INQUIRER/ARNOLD ALMACEN

Ex-cop drops plan to run vs Biron

ILOILO – Former Police Major Charlie Sustento reconsidered his decision to run against former 4th District congressman Ferjenel Biron. In a press conference yesterday, Sustento said...

Tricycle driver challenges Defensor for governor

ILOILO – A tricycle driver went to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office yesterday to file his certificate of candidacy (COC) for governor. Norbert...

‘Libre Sakay’ drivers get P10-M payment

ILOILO City – Modernized jeepneys under the Iloilo City Alliance of Operators and Drivers Transport Cooperative (ICAODTC) received P10 million as partial payment from...

Defensor designated as prov’l committee chairman of NUP

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. was appointed as committee chairman of the National United Party (NUP) here. NUP President Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said a...
Floodwaters due to heavy rains threaten several residences in Barangay Simon Ledesma, Jaro, Iloilo City. Fifteen families composed of 58 individuals evacuated on Oct. 5, 2021. ILOILO CITY DRRMO

‘Lannie’ floods 60 WV brgys

ILOILO City – Over 60 barangays in Western Visayas were inundated due to heavy rains brought by Tropical Depression (TD) Lannie. In Capiz, flooding was...
A personnel of the Philippine Red Cross administers Sinovac vaccine to a person deprived of liberty at the Iloilo District Jail in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo. PHOTOS BY GILBERT VALDERRAMA

977 Pototan PDLs receive COVID jabs

ILOILO – A total of 911 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay Nanga, Pototan town availed themselves...
“If hatagan lang ako sang chance sang taga-Pototan, bag-ohon naton ang aton banwa. Tinguhaan ta nga maka-ganyat sang mga investors,” says businessman Roque Poral Andrada III of Barangay Catoogan, Pototan, Iloilo who formally filed his certificate of candidacy for Pototan mayor.

Bizman aspires to be the next Pototan mayor

ILOILO – A contractor-businessman is aspiring to be the next mayor of Pototan town. Yesterday, Roque Poral Andrada III of Barangay Catoogan formally filed his...

Gorero to cops: Keep eye on Reds

ILOILO – Cops must stay alert, too, and step up their security measures following the recent skirmishes between government troops and the New People’s...
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511 guns seized; IPPO vows more aggressive ops

ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) confiscated 511 guns between January and September this year. According to Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, IPPO director, this was...
Incumbent Iloilo City officials Cong. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda, Mayor Jerry Treñas and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon are expected to keep their seats based on the survey conducted by Random Access Consultants, Inc.

‘USWAG, GUGMA, ARRIVA’ REIGNS; Majority of Ilonggos want Treñas, Baronda, Ganzon reelected – ...

ILOILO City -- Majority of Ilonggos have expressed overwhelming satisfaction to the strong partnership as well as the unified implementation of programs and projects...