PCSO general manager Royina Garma

PCSO not about gambling but charity, says Garma

ILOILO City – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is not about gambling; it is more on charity, stressed General Manager Royina Garma. From P400,000 daily, the medical assistance...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol. Panay News Photo

Capitol allots P150M to prov’l school board

ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial School Board (IPSB) has a budget of P150 million this year. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. approved the allocation which is P50 million...
An ill-faited Ceres bus bound for Iloilo skidded off while negotiating a steep portion of the road before falling on its side in Barangay Qui-anan, San Joaquin, Iloilo on Saturday, Feb. 15. Photo by Panay Emegency Updates Group

Ceres bus falls on its side; 29 injured

ILOILO City – A passenger bus fell on its side while navigating the road in Barangay Qui-anan, San Joaquin, Iloilo. Municipal police station chief Captain...

‘For the LOVE of press freedom’

ILOILO City – Progressive groups and members of the media showed their support to ABS-CBN on Valentine’s Day by giving out red roses to workers of...

‘STAY RESOLUTE VS LAWLESSNESS’: PNP Chief Gamboa wants intensified, focused offensive against Reds

ILOILO City – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is raring to launch intensified and focused operations against the New People’s Army (NPA). No less than, PNP chief...
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Passi’s P308-M sanitary landfill nears completion

ILOILO – The 12-hectare P308-million Integrated Waste Management Facility in Barangay Aglalana, Passi City is nearing completion. Mayor Stephen Palmares said it is now 65 to 70 percent complete, adding...
The regional health system is equipped to address any potential threat of the novel coronavirus, says Dr. Marlyn Convocar, director of the Department of Health in Western Visayas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

NO COVID-19 INFECTION 29 PUIs test negative; released from hospitals

ILOILO City – Twenty-nine patients under investigation (PUIs) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas all tested negative for the virus. They were thus discharged...
This year’s Dinagyang Festival champion, Tribu Paghidaet of La Paz National High School, has earned the privilege of representing Iloilo City in the Aliwan Fiesta, the so-called “mother of all festivals”, in Metro Manila this summer. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Dinagyang Festival to make an Aliwan Fiesta comeback

ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival will participate in this year’s edition of the Aliwan Fiesta, a competition of grand festivals across the country, Mayor Jerry Treñas...

300 ‘kaing’ made fest less trashy

ILOILO City – The recent Dinagyang Festival made history of some sort, if not a record to beat. It made use of 300 kaing – humungous...
Aganan, Pavia Bridge. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DPWH TO ‘TEST’ AGANAN BRIDGE

ILOILO – Under fire for the slow repair of Aganan Bridge in Pavia town, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) yesterday reopened it to...