Lad, 19, playing with gun shoots friend
ILOILO – A 19-year-old lad playing with a gun shot his Grade 9 friend in Leon, Iloilo. The friend, a 16-year-old lad, died.
The shooting...
Iloilo solid waste project gets PPP Center backing
ILOILO City – The city government’s
proposed Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility Project has been approved
for Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF) support, the
Public-Private Partnership...
READY FOR TROUBLE: ICPO to deploy mobile jails vs unruly Dinagyang revelers
ILOILO City – Revelers and spectators who
will misbehave during and after the highlights
of this year’s Dinagyang Festival will be locked up inside a mobile
jail car.
“For those people...
Solid waste mgt plan of 10 Iloilo towns approved
ILOILO – The National Solid Waste
Management Commission (NSWMC) recently approved the 10-year solid waste
management (SWM) plans of 10 more municipalities in this province.
According...
193 NegOcc cops test negative for drug use
BACOLOD City – A total of 193 police officers of the Negros Occidental
Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), who underwent a surprise drug test on three
separate occasions,...
PRO-6 vows full support to PNP chief Gamboa
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office
6 (PRO-6) vowed to support the leadership of Lieutenant General Archie
Francisco Gamboa as the new chief of the Philippine...
NTC cautions public anew vs text scams
ILOILO City – The National Telecommunications Commission in Western Visayas warned anew the public against text scams.
NTC regional director Engr. Nestor Antonio Monroy...
‘Ursula’ victim thankful for Iloilo gov’t aid
ILOILO City -- Nothing could assuage the grief of a 36-year-old woman from
Barotac Nuevo town after she lost her husband and three children to Typhoon
Ursula...
ANIMAL CRUELTY? | ‘Pasungay’ values animals – San Joaquin mayor
ILOILO
– San Joaquin, Iloilo’s annual pasungay
(bullfight) is not animal cruelty, according to Mayor Ninfa Garin. But mindful
of possible adverse legal repercussions if the activity...
Taal Volcano eruption: ‘Minimal’ Iloilo hotel booking cancellations
ILOILO City – The eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas province won’t
adversely affect hotel bookings here for the Dinagyang Festival, according to
the Iloilo Hotels...