Iloilo City to help province reforest denuded areas

ILOILO City – Following the flashfloods brought by typhoon “Ursula” in northern Iloilo, the city government here vowed to help in the reforestation program of the...
Former Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Augmentation force helped keep Iloilo peaceful – IPPO

ILOILO – An augmentation force of around 100 police officers from the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) helped the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) keep the...
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Iloilo farmers sell 1.1M bags of rice to NFA

ILOILO – The National Food Authority (NFA) has procured 1.1 million bags of rice from farmers here in the second half of this year or from...
A man injured by a firecracker during New Year's celebrations is treated by doctors. AFP

‘CRACKER BLASTS: 55 injured in WV but number could still rise

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 55 cumulative cases of firecracker blast injuries in Western Visayas from Dec. 21, 2019...

Fiery New Year start in Iloilo, Capiz, Boracay; families flee as fire razes 23...

ILOILO City – On the first day of year 2020 fire razed a total of 20 houses in this city, Iloilo and Capiz provinces. In...
Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan. PN FILE

‘No stray bullets, no major crimes in WV’

ILOILO City – “Generally peaceful.” This was how the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) assessed the New Year celebrations across Western Visayas. There were no major...

Capiz resident stabbed to death in Balasan

ILOILO City – A 23-year-old resident of Barangay San Pedro, Pilar, Capiz was found dead with multiple stab wounds on the body in Barangay Dolores, Balasan,...
A dance troupe performs in front of the statue of nation hero Dr. Jose Rizal at Plaza Libertad, Iloilo City during the Dec. 30, 2019 commemoration of the hero’s martyrdom 123 years ago. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

One doesn’t have to die to be a hero – professor

ILOILO City – Filipino freedom fighters in the past offered their lives for the country’s liberty. The present time, however, does not require one to die to...
A firecracker vendor waits for customers at the Circumferential Road in Barangay Buhang, Jaro,Iloilo City. Among the more popular firecrackers are the Triangulo, he says. Firecracker and pyrotechnic vendors are allowed to sell in only three areas this holiday season – Circumferential Road C1 in Arevalo district, on the corner of the East Coast Iloilo-Capiz Road and Circumferential Road in Jaro district, and along Muelle Loney Street in the City Proper. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

BFP New Year wish: No fire incidents pls

ILOILO City – If New Year’s wishes do come true, for the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) it should be this: that fire won’t hit this...

‘FIRE YOUR GUN AND YOU’RE FIRED’ Goal is zero stray bullet cases – PRO-6

ILOILO City – Policemen are responsible gun handlers so there is no need to tape the muzzles of their service firearms for this New Year’s celebrations,...