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Comelec, AFP, PNP activate regional security center

ILOILO City – In preparation for the May 13, 2019 midterm polls the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas has activated the Regional Joint Security...

Transport dep’t urged to open Iloilo-Guam flights

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to open a direct flight from Iloilo to Guam, USA and vice...

Contractor hit for slow work on capitol project

ILOILO City – Work on Package 2 of the multimillion-peso provincial capitol grounds redevelopment project had been slow. As of Dec. 20, 2018 contractor Roprim...

GUN BAN STARTS: Imprisonment for violators, says Comelec

ILOILO City – Today starts the five-month election period – Jan. 13 to June 12 – for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. Thus...

Iloilo’s Niño flies to Cebu for change of vestments

ILOILO City – The Señor Santo Niño icon enshrined at the San Jose de Placer Church in Plaza Libertad left for Cebu City for...

DSWD Western Visayas has new director

ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas has a new regional director – Ma. Evelyn Macapobre from...

What’s the name of city’s new grandstand?

ILOILO City – “Iloilo City Dinagyang Grandstand.” This is the temporary name of the new grandstand that replaced the demolished old Iloilo Freedom Grandstand,...

URBAN RENEWAL: Iloilo poised to become prime tourist, biz haven

ILOILO City – This city is undergoing an urban renewal and the restoration of Sunburst Park is part of it. It is only a...

Gov’t troops overrun rebel camp in Miag-ao

ILOILO City – Soldiers of the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) repelled some 20 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels from Sitio Tigmahan, Barangay...

In rural areas community fireworks display may not be practical

ILOILO – President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) 28 which confines the use of firecrackers to community fireworks display may not be practical in...