YOUNG & DANGEROUS | Army: Half of NPA-Panay rebels underage
ILOILO City – Half or perhaps even
majority of New People’s Army (NPA) cadres in Panay Island are below the legal
age of 18, according to...
For love of teaching, ain’t no mountain high
“IF WE ARE not going to teach these
children, who will?”
For 33-year-old Flordeluna Monares,
primary school teacher in the mountain barangay of Taganghin, Tapaz, Capiz,
teaching is...
Evacuation center to rise in Iloilo City
ILOILO City – The Office of Civil
Defense (OCD) will construct a P36.5-million regional evacuation center in this
southern city.
The city government has allowed the
OCD to...
UNIGAMES to boost city’s sports tourism
ILOILO City – The staging of the 24th
Philippine University Games (UNIGAMES) here, which will gather more than 2,500
delegates from colleges and universities in the...
Realistic climate data seen to help boost farm yield
ILOILO – Realistic climatological data
and accurate weather monitoring and forecasting could guide farmers manage
crops efficiently, thereby increasing production, stressed Gov. Arthur Defensor
Jr.
The provincial government...
Oton, Pavia lead Iloilo towns in HIV cases
ILOILO – The municipalities of Oton
and Pavia have the most number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections
in the province, data from the Department Health...
GUIMARAS A HARD SELL? DOT seeks to reposition island after Iloilo Strait tragedy
ILOILO City – After the capsizing of
three motorboats that drowned 31 people in the Iloilo Strait, tourist arrivals
in the island province of Guimaras dropped...
7 suspected ‘ninja cops’ in Region 6
ILOILO City – Seven policemen in
Western Visayas are suspected to be recycling shabu confiscated in anti-illegal
drug operations.
The names of the policemen appeared in
President Rodrigo...
Vilela: Only 8 cops gave satisfactory explanation for Sept. 30 absences
ILOILO – Eight policemen who failed to
report to work on Sept. 30 during the nationwide transport strike gave
satisfactory explanations, according to Police Colonel Roland...
Girl, 17, accuses 2 chat mates of rape
ILOILO City – A 17-year-old Grade
11 female student here complained to the police that two male chat mates she
met raped her in Barangay Trapiche, Oton,...