BIGGER GOV’T SUPPORT; DOLE, OWWA, DBM combine efforts to help Iloilo recover from COVID-19
ILOILO City – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the Department of Budget Management (DBM) reiterated their...
Girl, 11, killed in ‘revenge attack’
ILOILO City – Armed men sprayed with bullets a house in Barangay Calansanan, Badiangan, Iloilo. A girl died.
Mary Jean Jano, 11, sustained a gunshot...
Money going, going gone? Investors edgy as SEC rebuffs double-your-money scheme
ILOILO City – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked the certificate of incorporation and registration of Chiyuto Creative Wealth Documentation Facilitation Services whose...
WV posts 60% measles, polio vaccination rate
ILOILO City – At least 60 percent of the target children population in Western Visayas have so far been inoculated against measles, rubella and...
SLOW BUT SURE PROBE? ICPO seeks more evidence in Muller slay
ILOILO City – More than a year after launching an investigation, the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) still needed more evidences and testimonies on the assassination...
Iloilo bans pork from E. Visayas
ILOILO – The provincial government banned over the weekend the entry of pork products from Eastern Visayas.
Thursday last week, the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Contact tracing forms discourage motel visits
ILOILO City – Motels, lodging houses and similar accommodation establishments traditionally fully booked on Valentine’s Day were unusually less crowded yesterday.
The chief of the...
Drinking binge leads to hacking
ILOILO City – What started out as a drinking spree between three men turned to hacking in Barangay Guinbunyugan, Calinog, Iloilo.
Wilmar Libuna, 38, of...
KEY TO POLICE REFORM? WV cops to use body cameras soon
ILOILO City – Policemen in Western Visayas may soon be using body cameras for more transparent operations.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) procured body-worn cameras...
Ma turns to sex work amid pandemic
ILOILO City – Dressed in a miniskirt and blouse, Joy, 28, stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex. She lost her job...