EXECS ‘WALK THE TALK’; Mayors get COVID jabs, tell public it’s safe
ILOILO City – More local chief executives (LCEs) in Panay Island have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Will the power of their...
Red-taggers challenged: ‘Come out, show proof’
ILOILO City – Councilor Carlos “Jojo” Javellana challenged those red-tagging activists here to come out in the open and provide evidence.
Javellana, chairman of the city...
106 centers in WV open for Step 2 nat’l ID registration
ILOILO City – A total of 106 registration centers have been opened in four provinces in Western Visayas for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step...
Pototan house garage yields dead couple; electrocution seen as cause of death
ILOILO – A couple was found dead at their house’s garage in Barangay Batuan, Pototan yesterday.
Police identified them as Sherwin Ticzon, 43, and wife Christy,...
More WV villages declared drug-free
ILOILO City – Twenty-six more villages in Western Visayas have been cleared of illegal drugs.
During a deliberation yesterday at the Department of Environment and...
PRO-6 nets 278 fugitives in a week
ILOILO City – In 251 operations, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 278 wanted persons in Western Visayas between April 19 and 25.
In...
Pandemic not derailing mega dam construction; project now 38% completed
ILOILO – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic hasn’t stopped the construction of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project – Stage II (JRMP II)...
No new variant of COVID-19 in Iloilo city yet
The Iloilo City COVID-19 team said there are no confirmed cases of the new variant COVID-19 at the moment.
COVID-19 team leader Jeck Conlu noted...
BIGGER FUNDS, MORE WORK; LGUs welcome IRA hike with caution
ILOILO City – While some local chief executives in Western Visayas have concerns relative to the implementation of the Supreme Court (SC) ruling on...
Scavenging ‘a means to an end’ for waste pickers
ILOILO City – In this time of coronavirus pandemic, sanitation and cleanliness are a must. But where should waste pickers put themselves when garbage is...