Perform well or face axe, Gorero tells police chiefs

ILOILO – The performance audit on municipal police chiefs across the province has started. It will determine who will stay in their present positions...
The Online Trade Protection Ordinance of Iloilo province aims to protect consumers and merchants engaged in internet transactions. It penalizes scammers lurking in social media sites and online shopping platforms. IAMEXPAT

‘SCAMMERS BEWARE’: Ordinance punishes online trade fraudsters

ILOILO – A new provincial ordinance is penalizing scammers lurking in social media sites and online shopping platforms. These fraudsters – often baiting victims...
“Against the grim economic outlook, agriculture is a silver-lining,” says Ilonggo senator Franklin Drilon. RAPPLER

‘MEGA DAM IS GAME CHANGER’; Drilon: Agriculture ‘silver lining’ in Iloilo’s pandemic-hit economy

ILOILO City – Iloilo city and province are positioned to recover once the coronavirus disease pandemic is over, and agriculture will be the key,...
This firecracker worker is busy finishing a batch of skyrockets in a makeshift factory. Setting off firecrackers during the holiday season, especially when welcoming the New Year, is an age-old Filipino tradition. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo OKs ‘crackers but bans fireworks shows

ILOILO – The provincial government is not banning the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics this holiday season. “Yes, allowed but regulated,” said...

CHR: Celebrate, defend human rights every day

ILOILO – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Western Visayas has called on the public to celebrate and defend human rights every day,...
“Kinahanglan ko magpakanubo,” says Jeffrey Celiz. The former activist-turned-military whistleblower issued a public apology to local media outlets and practitioners for his “excessive attacks” when he was the spokesperson of then mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

CELIZ: I’M SORRY; Mabilog ex-aide regrets ‘excessive attacks’ on media

ILOILO City – “Kinahanglan ko magpakanubo.” He needed to humble himself. So said Jeffrey Celiz, former activist-turned-military whistleblower. He issued a public apology yesterday to...

Boracay tourists with ‘fake’ RT-PCR face raps

ILOILO City – Five tourists from Metro Manila wanting to enter Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan but with spurious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test...
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No more active COVID cases in 10 Iloilo towns

ILOILO – Ten municipalities in this province have no more active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) Dec. 4 data...
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Iloilo eases curfew for holidays

ILOILO – The provincial government has adopted shorter curfew hours to allow residents to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Last week, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed on third...
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PRO-6 to boost crackdown vs motorcycle-riding suspects

ILOILO City – Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda, new director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), is pushing for more focused efforts to...