Normando Estrebor, who was shot by neighbor Police Staff Sergeant Marvin Seasol, is recuperating at the West Visayas State University Medical Center in La Paz, Iloilo City. OTON MPS

Know when to point your gun, PRO-6 cops told

ILOILO City – Use your guns only against criminals who would inflict harm on you and other people, not for anything else, the Police Regional...
Complacency and super “spreader events” were some of the key drivers in the new virus wave now gripping Iloilo province, says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo adjusts requirements for returning residents, APORs

ILOILO – To curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the provincial government set additional requirements for returning residents and authorized persons outside...
“Indi mabaton sang husgado ang pagpanginwala ‘ya tungod nga may nakakita gid. Wala sang motibo nga magbinutig ang tatlo ka mga eye witnesses,” says Atty. Alfredo Arungayan III.

JUSTICE AT LAST; Smallville ‘shooter’ convicted over med tech graduate’s slay

ILOILO City – A man was found guilty of homicide for shooting to death a medical technology graduate at Smallville entertainment complex in Mandurriao...

Warm, dry season nears: WV farmers go for alternative crops, dry seeding

ILOILO City – There’s not much activity in Western Visayas’ farmlands for now or in the next few weeks as the dry season sets...
Delfin Britanico is the son of former Iloilo assemblyman and Banat Partylist representative Salvador Britanico. Delfin was ambushed in Barangay Nabitasan, La Paz, Iloilo City on Jan. 19. 2020.

Napolcom orders dismissal of cop in Britanico slay – but for another case

ILOILO City – One of the four police officers tagged in the killing of businessman Delfin Britanico last year had been ordered dismissed by...

‘WHERE’S THE RESPECT?’; City council probes Lapuz ‘bulang’

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) committee on games and amusement is taking on the controversial cockfighting allegedly held at the Rockwell Cockpit...
MANGROVE PLANTING. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (left) and Mayor Carlos Cabangal Jr. (right) lead the mangrove planting activity in Barangay Alacaygan, Banate, Iloilo. About 500 mangrove propagules of the bungalon species were planted in celebration of the World Water Day. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Capitol plants more mangrove propagules in Banate

ILOILO – In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, the provincial capitol recently planted about 500 mangrove propagules of the bungalon species...
“Boluntaryo ini ang bakuna. Indi pagpiliton sang local government unit ang mga residente kon indi sila,” says New Lucena, Iloilo’s Mayor Liecel Mondejar-Seville. LIECEL MONDEJAR-SEVILLE/FB

17K New Lucenanhons target for COVID vaccination

ILOILO – The municipal government of New Lucena, Iloilo is aiming to inoculate about 17,000 residents included in its priority population with jabs against...
Two “street level drug targets” yielded about two kilograms of suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million in Barangay Lag-asan, Bago City, Negros Occidental. There is no respite in the anti-drug campaign despite of the coronavirus pandemic, the Police Regional Office 6 says. DYHB RMN BACOLOD PHOTO

DRUG TRAFFICKERS USE ‘NEW FACES’; PRO-6: Antidrug ops relentless despite COVID restrictions

ILOILO City – To sustain their illegal business without getting caught despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, drug traffickers are getting creative. They are using “new...

Village chief ‘missing’ after cockfighting controversy in brgy

ILOILO City – The punong barangay of Don Esteban, Lapuz here is nowhere to be found after the controversial cockfighting in his barangay was exposed. Members...