8 Iloilo towns have no more active COVID cases

ILOILO – This province is continuing its fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with eight towns having no more active cases of the viral...

NPA owns roadside blast in Tubungan

ILOILO City – The New People’s Army (NPA) took responsibility on the landmine explosion targeting a police patrol car in Barangay Balicua, Tubungan, Iloilo. The...
Scene of the crime operatives cordon the front portion of John Michael Brigoli’s house in Barangay Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo on Saturday. Brigoli was believed to have committed suicide. His body was already in the state of decomposition when found by authorities. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

House yields dead body

ILOILO City – A 22-year-old man was found dead in his house in Barangay Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo. John Michael Brigol was a resident of Zamboanga...
Personnel of the New Tapaz District Hospital in Tapaz, Capiz use a trolley to move one of the bodies of slain suspected rebels on Wednesday. Nine individuals were killed and 17 others were arrested in combined military-police operations in Panay Island on Wednesday. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DEADLY RAIDS; 9 alleged rebels killed, 17 nabbed in police, military operations

ILOILO City – Nine suspected communist rebels were killed, 17 more persons were arrested and several firearms were seized when joint forces of police...

Groups decry killing, arrest of Panay indigenous people

ILOILO City – Peasant and environmental groups condemned the arrests and subsequent killings of nine indigenous Tumandok peoples as part of combined military-police operations in...
Passengers wearing face shields and masks for protection against coronavirus ride a jeepney with plastic barriers inside to maintain social distancing. Starting Aug. 15, passengers using any mode of public transportation are required to wear face shields. With this new policy, residents as early as Wednesday rushed to buy face shields. It could block potential transmission of by up to 98 percent, according to health authorities. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN FACE SHIELD VS COVID

‘Face shield a must when going out’

ILOILO – Aside from protective masks, Ilonggos should wear full coverage face shields at all times whenever they go out of their homes. Gov. Arthur...
Plaza Libertad. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Massive facelift of city plazas to take off in 2021

ILOILO City – The massive improvement of public plazas in the metro’s six districts as well as other infrastructure projects of the city government...

725 active COVID cases left in WV

ILOILO City – Western Visayas is capping off its battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) this year with 725 remaining active infections as of...

Families of distressed OFWs can seek help through ‘Dalangpan’

ILOILO City – Families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Panay and Guimaras islands who have concerns and problems about their relatives abroad have...
“We have to monitor kon sin-o ang nagasulod diri sa aton,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘BRACE FOR NEW COVID-19 STRAIN’: More coronavirus curbs eyed to halt new variant

ILOILO – Authorities are bracing for a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is believed to be...