LOOSE GUNS, AMMOS. These are the firearms and bullets that the father of shooting suspect Venom Dio Vergara surrendered to the police of San Jose, Antique. The guns have expired registrations, according to the police. IAN PAUL CORDERO

4,677 ‘loose guns’ seized in 10 months

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) various police units have retrieved 4,677 firearms since January this year. These had expired registrations or were...
Wounded media practitioner and Panay News correspondent Stephen Louie Checa at the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound on the left shoulder. He survived the fatal shooting inside a computer shop in Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique around 7 a.m. on Monday. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

SHOOTING RAMPAGE: Young man kills 2, injures 3 more in fit of jealousy

ILOILO City – A young man shot dead the woman he was courting and the latter’s boss at a computer shop in Barangay Atabay, San Jose,...
A member of Humane Society International (HSI) administers the anti-rabies vaccine on a dog as part of their mass vaccination. Dogs are responsible for as much as 99 percent of rabies transmissions to humans, says the World Health Organization. REUTERS FILE PHOTO

Dog rabies vaccination coverage low; prov’l vet warns of higher rabies risk

ILOILO – The lower the dog rabies vaccination coverage, the higher the risk of the public being exposed to the rabies virus, warned the Provincial Veterinary...
President Rodrigo Duterte (4th from left) congratulates Mayor Jerry Treñas for Iloilo City’s winning of the 2019 Most Business-Friendly Highly Urbanized City (HUC) award from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the chambers’ 45th Philippine Business Conference and Expo on Oct. 17 at the Manila Hotel.

ILOILO CITY MOST BIZ-FRIENDLY IN PH

ILOILO City – This city has been recognized as the most business-friendly highly urbanized city outside Metro Manila by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)....
Police Executive Master Sergeant Pedro Pericon, officer in charge of the Provincial Highway Patrol Team-Iloilo, checks a carnapped automobile and motorcycles that his unit impounded at their headquarters in Barangay Balabago, Jaro, Iloilo City. Their impounding area badly needs improvement. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Discredited motor vehicle mechanics behind Iloilo carnapping cases?

ILOILO City – A small group of discredited motor vehicle technicians in Iloilo is being suspected to be behind the series of carnapping cases in the...

Wanted: Ms. Iloilo bets of int’l pageant caliber

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) committee handling Miss Iloilo 2020 is poised to showcase a pageant with candidates whose qualifications meet the...
Photo by IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Fires razes 9 houses in Barangay Concepcion

ILOILO City – Fire totally gutted six houses and partially damaged three more in Zone 1, Barangay Concepcion, City Proper yesterday morning. The fire started at around...

COLDER DAYS AHEAD: DOH-6 cautions public vs cold weather illnesses

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas has advised the public to be cautious of the common illnesses that may occur with...

City hall job hire gunned down at birthday party

ILOILO City – A job hire of the city government was shot to death by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants while attending a birthday party in Barangay Tacas,...

Sanitary landfills in 7 Iloilo towns mulled

ILOILO – Seven local governments units (LGUs) in the province will setup their own sanitary landfills to address garbage collection and disposal problem. According to the Provincial...