Shun firecrackers, W. Visayans urged

ILOILO – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Western Visayas is urging the public to shun firecrackers and pyrotechnics to prevent accidental injuries, environmental...
PRO-6 spokesperson Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong

PRO-6 beefs up security for ‘Simbang Gabi’

ILOILO City – With the “Simbang Gabi” set to start at dawn on Wednesday (Dec. 16), the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is on...
Complacency could easily undermine many of the gains in controlling the spread of coronavirus, warns Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. CMO

No holiday timeout for Iloilo City repatriates

ILOILO City – There will be no moratorium on the return of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) here this...
Police Corporal Val Allan Lisay will be held liable as accessory to the crime because his gun was used in a crime, says Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, Police Regional Office 6 spokesperson. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

Cop faces raps for pawning gun

ILOILO City – A police officer who pawned his government-issued firearm may face criminal charges.  Police Corporal Val Allan Lisay, assigned at the Police Regional Office...
Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) return home to Negros Occidental from Metro Manila via a sweeper flight that landed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City last week. Twelve more residents of the province – all either LSIs or overseas Filipino workers – tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

7 Iloilo towns impose LSI timeout

ILOILO – Seven more municipalities in the province are temporarily not accepting locally stranded individuals – Batad, Carles, Oton, Tigbauan, San Joaquin, Janiuay, and...
Activists Siegfred and Cynthia Deduro were among the human rights victims who sued and won against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the District Court of Hawaii, United States of America on Nov. 30, 1995.

‘DEVIOUS PLOY’; Activists dare Celiz: ‘Sue us if you have proof’

ILOILO City – Human rights activists Siegfred and Cynthia Deduro deny having personal knowledge on the assassinations of DYFM Bombo Radyo Iloilo broadcasters Severino...
Churchgoers trek to their parishes today, with their long-held wishes in mind, not realizing that it is their faith that is key to this all. GMA NEWS

Churches to hold more ‘Simbang Gabi’ masses

ILOILO City – Churches under the Archdiocese of Jaro are allowed to schedule more predawn Masses or Simbang Gabi beginning Wednesday, Dec. 16. Parishes are also encouraged...
Complacency could easily undermine many of the gains in controlling the spread of coronavirus, warns Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. CMO

Treñas: ‘I only followed IATF rules’

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas reiterated his defense of the city government’s turning down of the military’s peace summit here. “As a lawyer, I...
“Our schools must have easy access to clean water for the new normal,” says , Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo.

Guv wary of post-holiday virus surge

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. ordered 11 district and one provincial hospitals to prepare for a possible surgein coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients after the holidays. Since the...
“We are under general community quarantine. We cannot allow mass gatherings,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City.

TREÑAS TO CELIZ: TALK TO LORENZANA; City gov’t defends decision not to host peace...

ILOILO City – Because the city remains under general community quarantine (GCQ), it is not allowing risky mass gatherings, not even the military’s peace...