Leave or stay: 994 Ilonggos work in China

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ILOILO – There are 994 Western Visayans working in China, data from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) showed. With the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in...

Treasure hunting in Igbaras illegal – Nat’l Museum

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ILOILO – The National Museum of the Philippines has not issued a permit for treasuring hunting in Barangay Pasong, Igbaras, Iloilo. Thus, according to National Museum...
Policemen queue for drug testing at the crime laboratory of the Police Regional Office 6 in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. Fifteen Police Commissioned Officers and 65 Police Non-Commissioned Officers were randomly picked to undergo drug testing on Feb. 3, 2020. The unannounced check wanted to ensure that no policeman engaged in illegal drug use. Results would be released soon. PHOTO BY PSSG DEPEDRO, PIO, PRO-6

Cops take random drug test

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ILOILO City – Eighty police officers assigned in the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) headquarters, Camp Delgado, were called for a “surprise” random drug testing on Feb....

Treñas’ driver in ‘hot water’ for shooting neighbor’s cow

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A backup driver of Mayor Jerry Treñas was charged before the Iloilo City Prosecutor’s Office with illegal discharge of firearm and violation of the...
Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan (extreme left), regional police director, presents the three drug suspects arrested in two successive operations in Pavia, Iloilo and Arevalo, Iloilo City on Feb. 2 and 3 resulting to the recovery of P7.4-milllion worth of shabu. The suspects are Lalaine Ereño, Jennifer Nosotros and John Rey Nosotros. Also in photo is Iloilo Police Provincial Office director, Police Colonel Roland Vilela. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

2-day antidrug sting nets P7.4-M ‘shabu’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Two days of successive antidrug operations resulted to the confiscation of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) with a combined value of P7.4 million. The 56-year-old Lalaine Ereño...
Who should wear facemasks? Those exhibiting flu symptoms, children and the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions, and health workers, says Dr. Glenn Alonsabe, epidemiologist of the Department of Health. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

FEAR GOES VIRAL: Facemasks not for everyone — DOH

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Fear of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) appears to be spreading faster than the virus itself. With pharmacies running out of facemasks, the Department...

Comelec ditches Biron poll protest

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed the election protest filed by defeated Iloilo gubernatorial candidate and former congressman Dr. Ferjenel Biron against Gov. Arthur...

Town police chiefs, prov’l directors face revamp

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is revamping police provincial directors and municipal police chiefs. Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO)) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela will...
FAITH IN THE TIME OF A VIRUS OUTBREAK. Masked devotees of Nuestra Señora dela Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) light candles at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City. Yesterday was the Candelaria fest, one of the biggest religious feasts in the country. These devotees are wearing a facemask in the hope of avoiding viruses that could make themr sick such as the novel coronavirus which killed a visiting male Chinese tourist in Manila on Saturday and sickened, too, his woman companion. Recently, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines released an Oratio Imperata (prayer) for people affected by the new virus and the prevention of a global epidemic. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PREEMPTIVE STEP: PUV drivers told to wear masks vs nCoV

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ILOILO City – Public utility vehicle drivers and conductors here have been ordered to wear facemasks by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) as...

P6.3-M ‘shabu’ seized in Pavia antidrug op

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) weighing 420 grams and valued at P6.3 million was confiscated in Barangay Ungka II, Pavia, Iloilo late afternoon yesterday. A mother...
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