The Department of National Defense’s decades-old pact with the University of the Philippines regulates police and military operations inside the university’s campuses such as this one in the town of Miag-ao, Iloilo. The agreement, forged in 1989, was scrapped on Jan. 15. PN FILE PHOTO

‘ILL-CONCEIVED’: UP Visayas slams scrapping of pact banning cops, soldiers in campuses

ILOILO City – “Ill-conceived and unilateral.” This was how officials of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) described the sudden termination of the...
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‘All systems go for Digital Dinagyang’

ILOILO City – It’s all systems go for the staging of the first-ever Dinagyang Digital 2021 with highlights slated on Jan. 23 to 24. “All activities as we...
AMBUSH MARKS. These are some of the bullet holes sustained by the service vehicle of Engineer Eva Bedonia and Rogelio Serilo of the Department of Public Works and Highways from armed men who ambushed them on Jan. 18, 2021 in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Family feud eyed in DPWH engineer’s ambush

ILOILO – Family feud stemming from land conflict is being considered by the police as possible motive in the ambush of the chief of the quality assurance section...
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Among frontliners, COVID toll falls hardest on nurses

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected nearly 600 nurses in Western Visayas, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. As of...

WV still ASF-free but on heightened alert

ILOILO City – Western Visayas remains safe from the African swine fever (ASF) despite the detection of this highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease on...
Concepcion, Iloilo’s Mayor Raul Banias, a physician, says the most effective way to convince Ilonggos to get immunized against coronavirus is for public officials to lead by example. “Ready ako magpabakuna," he says. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

‘INJECT US FIRST’: Iloilo mayors willing to take first dose of COVID vaccine

ILOILO – To boost public trust and confidence in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, some mayors here are willing to be the first...
AMBUSH MARKS. These are some of the bullet holes sustained by the service vehicle of Engineer Eva Bedonia and Rogelio Serilo of the Department of Public Works and Highways from armed men who ambushed them on Jan. 18, 2021 in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DPWH engineer, driver survive ambush

ILOILO – Who wanted to kill the chief of the quality assurance section of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) Iloilo 4th...

200K anti-COVID shots for non-residents eyed

ILOILO City – The city government plans to also vaccinate against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) non-resident workers here. For this, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas,...

Iloilo City ready for DILG road clearing evaluation

ILOILO City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) extended by one week the deadline for local government units (LGUs) to clear...

119 measles cases in Iloilo in 2020 – PHO

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office recorded 119 suspected cases of measles last year. The municipality of Concepcion had the most number of cases at...