The living should find other ways to honor their dearly departed this November. Cemetery visits in Iloilo City are prohibited due to the coronavirus pandemic. PN FILE

No city cemetery visits on Nov. 1, 2 due to COVID-19

ILOILO City – For the first time, cemeteries here will close on All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2) which...
“We will make the appropriate representation for the families,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO / PN

Families of missing seamen seek resumption of search op in Japan

ILOILO – Families of the 12 Western Visayan seafarers who disappeared in the waters of Japan on Sept. 2 pushed for the resumption of...

WV logs 1,539 COVID-19 cases in 6 days

ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded 1,539 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in six days, from Sept. 5 to 10. This significant...

Rape cases in WV drop

ILOILO City – From January to August this year, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recorded 322 cases of rape – 28.91 percent lower...
This aerial view of Iloilo City’s Plaza Libertad includes the San Jose de Placer Church (left). IAN PAUL CORDERO / PN

CENRO girds for cultural mapping of Plaza Libertad

ILOILO City – The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) will conduct a cultural mapping of Plaza Libertad prior the start of its...
Brand new dump trucks of the Iloilo provincial government. Capitol PIO Photo

Prov’l gov’t buys 10 new dump trucks

ILOILO – For the concreting and maintenance of provincial and farm-to-market roads, the provincial government purchased 10 additional dump trucks. For the time being, however,...
Residents are now allowed to swim in the coastal waters of Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City two months after a ruptured power barge spewed bunker oil in Iloilo Strait. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

CENRO assessment: NO MAJOR DAMAGE FROM JULY OIL SPILL

ILOILO City – The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) found no adverse environmental damage caused by the July oil spill in the...
A public utility jeepney driver wears a facemask on top of a face shield in Iloilo City. In the interest of road safety, the city council passed an ordinance exempting drivers of public and private vehicles from wearing face shield while driving. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Drivers exempted from city’s face shield policy

ILOILO City – “In the interest of road safety”, drivers of public and private vehicles as well as motorists in this city are exempted...
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Board member falls victim to online shopping scam

ILOILO – Long, drawn-out lockdowns have made people realize that online shopping is convenient, even a necessity. Be very careful though; online scammers have proliferated,...

Almost P700-K ‘shabu’ seized; 5 suspects fall

ILOILO – A string of antidrug operations led to the confiscation of close to P700,000 worth of illegal drugs and apprehension of five drug...